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LOSE IT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose control of one's emotions

Example:

When her baby died, she snapped

Synonyms:

break down; lose it; snap

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "lose it" is one way to...):

act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lose it"):

dissolve (lose control emotionally)

die (be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame)

fall apart; go to pieces (lose one's emotional or mental composure)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue lose it

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