From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishblow a gasketblow a gasketa) TTif a vehicle blows a gasket, steam or gas escapes from the engine b) informalANGRY to become very angry → gasket
Examples from the Corpus
blow a gasket• The next morning we found the aircraft had blown a gasket.• We had blown a gasket and told them of our problem, but we did not declare an emergency.• They've got her started and she's blown a gasket. 