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lose one's temper

VERB
get angry and lose control
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It’s easy to lose one’s temper in this situation, so the counsellor has instructed the friends and family members to organize their thoughts on paper.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017

A few minutes later, Stafford addressed the court, again thanking Eulian for his apology and saying she knows what it feels like to lose one's temper.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2015

It is impossible sometimes not to lose one's temper.

From Evelyn Innes by Moore, George (George Augustus)

One is likely to lose one's temper any time.

From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

To be high strung and quick to lose one's temper may sound fine in romantic rubbish, but in real life it is folly, for much more can be accomplished by being calm.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.




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