have a panic attack

have a panic attack

1. To have an episode of acute anxiety and fear, marked by such physical symptoms as heart palpitations and hyperventilation. Back when I used to have panic attacks regularly, it got so bad that I was afraid to leave the house.
2. By extension, to have a particularly frightening or jarring experience. I thought I had lost my keys and just about had a panic attack.
See also: attack, have, panic
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • panic
  • panic attack
  • pace back and forth
  • a faint heart
  • faint
  • faint of heart
  • the faint of heart
  • pace up and down
  • pace about
  • be in a sweat