do cheetah flips

verb

do cheetah flips

verb

1

Slang To exhibit a strong emotional reaction to something; to lose one's cool.

The first step is to get a grip on why the client is not doing cheetah flips over the creative.2003, Don L. Dickinson, The New Account Manager, page 133:
You almost did cheetah flips when we were in Lebanon and Coop brought Liz out of that refugee camp.2009, Chuck Holton, Meltdown, page 137:

1 more example

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

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