tempers flare

idiom

: people become angry
Tempers flared and a fight broke out.

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As alliances form and tempers flare, Lawrence becomes the de facto Saint Columbo, investigating potential scandals and assorted underhandedness as the story twists and turns before the white smoke finally wafts in the movie’s pleasantly shocking finale. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024 Politics is a rough and tumble business; in the pursuit of persuasion, passions get high, tempers flare, and partisanship is prized. Erin Stewart, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024 But getting them together almost derails the entire production when old rivalries reemerge and tempers flare. Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023 The revelations come in a council term marked by belligerence and bullying, in and out of the council chamber, where tempers flare with alarming regularity, fissures often open along racial lines, and the F-bomb has been dropped. BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023 In both plays, everyone behaves badly, tempers flare and nothing flies right. Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023 As tempers flare and two hotel waitresses look on with bemusement, Sam (Toheeb Jimoh) finally comes up with a solution: a team-wide, pressure-releasing pillow fight. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023 As tempers flare and two hotel waitresses look on with bemusement, Sam (Toheeb Jimoh) finally comes up with a solution: a team-wide, pressure-releasing pillow fight. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023 As with many family dinners, buttons are pushed, tempers flare and even threats are made. Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 27 July 2021

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“Tempers flare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tempers%20flare. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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