"lose it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lose it.ogg [Australia] Forms: loses it [present, singular, third-person], losing it [participle, present], lost it [participle, past], lost it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> it}} lose it (third-person singular simple present loses it, present participle losing it, simple past and past participle lost it)
  1. (informal) To be overcome with emotion.
    (informal) To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
    Tags: informal Synonyms (to be explosively angry): blow one's top, go ape, go apeshit, go snake, hit the ceiling, freak out, hit the roof, lose one's temper, lose one's rag Translations (to lose one's temper): menettää malttinsa (Finnish), die Beherrschung verlieren (German), die Selbstbeherrschung verlieren (German), perdere le staffe (Italian), tātāhau (Maori), klikke (Norwegian), perder a linha (Portuguese), perder as estribeiras (Portuguese), perder los papeles (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lose_it-en-verb-NNfNL4bO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 11 27 23 24 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 2 13 24 24 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 3 13 22 24 20 3 Disambiguation of English predicates: 14 11 11 20 18 19 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 3 14 22 24 20 2 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 14 5 13 21 22 20 5 Disambiguation of 'to be explosively angry': 67 3 3 15 5 5 1 Disambiguation of "to lose one's temper": 48 3 1 24 10 8 6
  2. (informal) To be overcome with emotion.
    (informal) To feel devastated, or distraught, especially when one's sadness is overwhelming.
    Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-lose_it-en-verb-TAxQHRHb Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 14 11 11 20 18 19 8
  3. (informal) To be overcome with emotion.
    (informal) To begin to laugh uncontrollably.
    Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-lose_it-en-verb-wPaArSPj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 11 27 23 24 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 2 13 24 24 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 3 13 22 24 20 3 Disambiguation of English predicates: 14 11 11 20 18 19 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 3 14 22 24 20 2 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 14 5 13 21 22 20 5
  4. (informal) To be overcome with emotion.
    (informal) To lose one's mind, go crazy.
    Tags: informal Categories (topical): Anger
    Sense id: en-lose_it-en-verb-TAiFH9EG Disambiguation of Anger: 19 13 15 37 8 7 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 11 27 23 24 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 2 13 24 24 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 3 13 22 24 20 3 Disambiguation of English predicates: 14 11 11 20 18 19 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 3 14 22 24 20 2 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 14 5 13 21 22 20 5
  5. (informal) To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-lose_it-en-verb-IrKQhWYI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 11 27 23 24 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 2 13 24 24 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 3 13 22 24 20 3 Disambiguation of English predicates: 14 11 11 20 18 19 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 3 14 22 24 20 2 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 14 5 13 21 22 20 5
  6. (idiomatic) To lose control of a situation. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-lose_it-en-verb-oLTb4aqu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 11 27 23 24 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 2 13 24 24 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 3 13 22 24 20 3 Disambiguation of English predicates: 14 11 11 20 18 19 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 3 14 22 24 20 2 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 14 5 13 21 22 20 5
  7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, it.
    Sense id: en-lose_it-en-verb-iB7ri7I8

Inflected forms

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        "To be overcome with emotion.",
        "To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "explosively",
          "explosively"
        ],
        [
          "angry",
          "angry"
        ],
        [
          "lose one's temper",
          "lose one's temper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To be overcome with emotion.",
        "(informal) To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When she heard the news about her cousin's death, she lost it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be overcome with emotion.",
        "To feel devastated, or distraught, especially when one's sadness is overwhelming."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devastated",
          "devastated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To be overcome with emotion.",
        "(informal) To feel devastated, or distraught, especially when one's sadness is overwhelming."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When the teacher's chair broke, the class completely lost it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be overcome with emotion.",
        "To begin to laugh uncontrollably."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ],
        [
          "uncontrollably",
          "uncontrollably"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To be overcome with emotion.",
        "(informal) To begin to laugh uncontrollably."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be overcome with emotion.",
        "To lose one's mind, go crazy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lose one's mind",
          "lose one's mind"
        ],
        [
          "go crazy",
          "go crazy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To be overcome with emotion.",
        "(informal) To lose one's mind, go crazy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When you think about all she's done for the sport, it's kind of sad, but she's completely lost it over the past few years.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "lose one's touch",
          "lose one's touch"
        ],
        [
          "washed up",
          "washed up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 September 1, Aubrey Allegretti, “‘She’s totally lost it’: inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "Even then, she defended everything she had sought to achieve, saying she had “the right policies at the wrong time”. “That’s when I thought ‘she’s totally lost it’,” said a former aide.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lose control of a situation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To lose control of a situation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Chris Nickson, Two Bronze Pennies, Severn House Publishers",
          "text": "‘I’m Inspector Harper, Leeds police. Where did you lose it?’ / ‘Lose it?’ He laughed. ‘I’d never lose this. It was stolen.’",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lose",
          "lose#English"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to be explosively angry",
      "word": "blow one's top"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be explosively angry",
      "word": "go ape"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lose it"
}

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