See lose it on Wiktionary
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"sense": "to be explosively angry",
"word": "go apeshit"
},
{
"sense": "to be explosively angry",
"word": "go snake"
},
{
"sense": "to be explosively angry",
"word": "hit the ceiling"
},
{
"sense": "to be explosively angry",
"word": "freak out"
},
{
"sense": "to be explosively angry",
"word": "hit the roof"
},
{
"sense": "to be explosively angry",
"word": "lose one's temper"
},
{
"sense": "to be explosively angry",
"word": "lose one's rag"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "menettää malttinsa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "die Beherrschung verlieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "die Selbstbeherrschung verlieren"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "perdere le staffe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "tātāhau"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "klikke"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "perder a linha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "perder as estribeiras"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "perder los papeles"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lose one's temper",
"word": "enajenarse"
}
],
"word": "lose it"
}
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