"lose control" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lose control.wav Forms: loses control [present, singular, third-person], losing control [participle, present], lost control [participle, past], lost control [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> control}} lose control (third-person singular simple present loses control, present participle losing control, simple past and past participle lost control)
  1. (set phrase) To become unable to control one's emotions or actions; to abandon rationality or reason. Categories (topical): Anger, Emotions
    Sense id: en-lose_control-en-verb-e8nL2o6O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(set phrase) To become unable to control one's emotions or actions; to abandon rationality or reason."
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