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short fuse

noun

Definitions

  1. The personality trait of being quick to anger.

    • to be on a short fuse
    • Be careful of what you say; he has a short fuse.
    • In a few short years, she has sent two fiancés and various managers and flacks packing and earned a reputation as one of L.A.'s shortest fuses.

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