lose one's temper

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, lose it . Give way to violent anger, lose self-control. For example, When she found out what Ann had done, she lost her temper , or He arrived without that important check, and then I just lost it completely . The first term dates from the early 1800s; the second slangy locution dates from the mid-1900s.

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