do cheetah flips

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do cheetah flips (third-person singular simple present does cheetah flips, present participle doing cheetah flips, simple past did cheetah flips, past participle done cheetah flips)

1. (slang) To exhibit a strong emotional reaction to something; to lose one's cool.
   • 2003, Don L. Dickinson, The New Account Manager, page 133:

     The first step is to get a grip on why the client is not doing cheetah flips over the creative.

   • 2009, Chuck Holton, Meltdown, page 137:

     You almost did cheetah flips when we were in Lebanon and Coop brought Liz out of that refugee camp.

   • 2011, Matthew Jackson, The Lost Art of a Dying Breed, page 128:

     The monkey darted into the stairwell and waited for me impatiently, showing his disapproval for my failure to keep up by screaming and doing cheetah flips.