hit the fan

Inf. Fig. to become publicly known; to become a scandal. (From the phrase when the shit hit the fan.) I wasn't even in the country when it hit the fan. It hit the fan, and within ten minutes the press had spread it all over the world.

hit the fan

tv. to become publicly known; to become a scandal. (From the phrase when the shit hit the fan.) It hit the fan, and within ten minutes the press had spread it all over the world.

hit the fan

Slang

To have serious, usually adverse consequences.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Beatrice	be-ah-TREE-che (Italian), BEE-ə-tris (English), BEE-tris (English), BE-ah-trees (Swedish), be-ah-TREES (Swedish)	Italian, English, Swedish
Armor	['a:mə]
Blossom	BLAH-səm	English
Yale	-	Welsh
PÁDraic	PAW-drik	Irish
Rufina	-	Russian, Spanish, Ancient Roman