get bent out of shape

English

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Verb

get bent out of shape

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see get,‎ bend,‎ out of,‎ shape.
  2. (idiomatic) To take offense; to become angry, agitated, or upset.
    They stopped inviting him to the gatherings, and he really got bent out of shape about it.

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