convulse someone with something

convulse someone with something
convulse someone with something
to cause someone to quake or jerk because of pain or emotion. (Can be physical or figurative; see examples.) •

He convulsed with abdominal pain from something he ate.

The audience was convulsed with laughter.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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