freak out

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#1·4h ago

(dated, _, slang) A negative or unpleasant experience with LSD or another psychedelic drug.

Origin: From freak + out. Countercultural slang, originally referring to a positive reaction or experience from the use of a psychotropic, usually a hallucinogenic or psychedelic drug. First use appears c. 1966 in several newspapers, particularly in the Independent (Long Beach, California). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·4h ago

(informal, intransitive) To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.

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#3·4h ago

(informal, transitive) To scare or unnerve someone.

Jimmy'll come in off the road, you won't be there, he'll freak out and call you a hundred thousand times...

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