• to be off the handle, to fly off the handle, to get hairy, to get into a wax, to get one's face in a knot, to inflame, to tie one's face in a knot
• to be before one's time
• to come in, to come in fashion, to take on
• to get balled up, to get flurried, to lose one's bearings
• to come near, to draw near
• to get going, to get under way, to start up
• to come at the wrong time
• to break even, to find one's feet, to get upright, to shake down
• to get excited, to inflame