"lose one's shit" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lose one's shit.ogg [Australia] Forms: loses one's shit [present, singular, third-person], losing one's shit [participle, present], lost one's shit [participle, past], lost one's shit [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> one's shit}} lose one's shit (third-person singular simple present loses one's shit, present participle losing one's shit, simple past and past participle lost one's shit)
  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To lose one's temper. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar Translations (vulgar: to lose one's temper): alkaa vituttaa (Finnish), saada paskahalvaus (Finnish), péter les plombs [colloquial] (French), disjoncter [colloquial] (French), faire un caca nerveux [colloquial] (French), sortir de ses gonds [formal] (French), craquer son slip [colloquial] (French), perdre son sang froid [formal] (French), chier une pendule [vulgar] (French), выходи́ть из себя́ (vyxodítʹ iz sebjá) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́йти из себя́ (výjti iz sebjá) [perfective] (Russian), охуева́ть (oxujevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), охуе́ть (oxujétʹ) (english: very vulgar) [perfective] (Russian), perder la cabeza (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_shit-en-verb-ofcYv3DY Disambiguation of "vulgar: to lose one's temper": 95 2 3
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar) To have a sudden burst of emotion, regardless of the type of feeling. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar Translations (to have a sudden burst of emotion): saada hepuli (Finnish), craquer son slip [colloquial] (French), péter un plomb [colloquial] (French), охуева́ть (oxujevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), охуе́ть (oxujétʹ) (english: very vulgar) [perfective] (Russian), flipar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_shit-en-verb-mcjZALBa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 80 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 74 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 79 11 Disambiguation of 'to have a sudden burst of emotion': 5 87 8
  3. (idiomatic, vulgar) To break down in laughter. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar Categories (topical): Laughter
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_shit-en-verb-qg3V0hGO Disambiguation of Laughter: 10 26 63

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "vulgar: to lose one's temper",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vulgar: to lose one's temper",
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