be/go off on one
UK informalto suddenly start talking or shouting in an angry way:
He went off on one and started accusing me of stealing his girlfriend.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Talking angrily
- berate
- bite
- bite sb's head off idiom
- bite/snap sb's head off idiom
- diatribe
- edge
- hit
- jump
- jump down sb's throat idiom
- piece
- rant
- rave
- snap sb's head off idiom
- snarl
- spit
- spit sth out
- storm
- tear 1
- tear into sb/sth
- upbraid
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Becoming angry and expressing anger