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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

Such things are provoking, but it is best to treat them good-naturedly, as Tommy did, and not lose one's temper.

From Fun and Frolic by Various

To lose one's temper at golf is foolish.

From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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

From Evelyn Innes by Moore, George (George Augustus)




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