English Explanatory Dictionary

lose it

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be overcome with emotion.
  2. To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
  3. To feel devastated, or distraught, especially when one's sadness is overwhelming.
  4. To begin to laugh uncontrollably.
  5. To lose one's mind, go crazy.
  6. To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up.
  7. To lose control of a situation.
  8. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, it.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

lose it loses it losing it lost it

Synonyms

blow one's top crash out flip out flip shit go ape go apeshit go snake hit the ceiling freak out hit the roof lose one's temper lose one's rag
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