Lose it

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be overcome with emotion.; To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper. informal

    "When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just lost it."

  2. 2
    lose control of one's emotions wordnet
  3. 3
    To be overcome with emotion.; To feel devastated, or distraught, especially when one's sadness is overwhelming. informal

    "When she heard the news about her cousin's death, she lost it."

  4. 4
    To be overcome with emotion.; To begin to laugh uncontrollably. informal

    "When the teacher's chair broke, the class completely lost it."

  5. 5
    To be overcome with emotion.; To lose one's mind, go crazy. informal
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  1. 6
    To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up. informal

    "When you think about all she's done for the sport, it's kind of sad, but she's completely lost it over the past few years."

  2. 7
    To lose control of a situation. idiomatic

    "Even then, she defended everything she had sought to achieve, saying she had “the right policies at the wrong time”. “That’s when I thought ‘she’s totally lost it’,” said a former aide."

  3. 8
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, it.

    "‘I’m Inspector Harper, Leeds police. Where did you lose it?’ / ‘Lose it?’ He laughed. ‘I’d never lose this. It was stolen.’"

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