"lose one's cool" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈluːz wʌnz ˈkuːl/ Audio: En-au-lose one's cool.ogg Forms: loses one's cool [present, singular, third-person], losing one's cool [participle, present], lost one's cool [participle, past], lost one's cool [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> one's cool}} lose one's cool (third-person singular simple present loses one's cool, present participle losing one's cool, simple past and past participle lost one's cool)
  1. (idiomatic) To become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: blow one's cool, blow one's top, drop one's bundle, go ape, go apeshit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, lose it, lose one's temper, lose one's rag Translations (to lose one's temper): buiten zinnen raken (Dutch), menettää malttinsa (Finnish), perdre son sang-froid (French), die Fassung verlieren (German), den Kopf verlieren (German), tū ngā pihi (Maori), wściekać się [imperfective] (Polish), wściec się [perfective] (Polish), perder a cabeça (Portuguese), perder o sangue frio (Portuguese), passar-se dos carretos (Portuguese), выходи́ть из себя́ (vyxodítʹ iz sebjá) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́йти из себя́ (výjti iz sebjá) [perfective] (Russian), stratiť nervy (Slovak)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
      "word": "buiten zinnen raken"
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
      "word": "menettää malttinsa"
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
      "word": "perdre son sang-froid"
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
      "word": "die Fassung verlieren"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
      "word": "den Kopf verlieren"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
      "word": "tū ngā pihi"
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
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      "word": "wściec się"
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
      "word": "perder a cabeça"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
      "word": "perder o sangue frio"
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
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      "word": "вы́йти из себя́"
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      "sense": "to lose one's temper",
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