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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

There are things enough in New York to lose one's temper over at the best of times, and on this particular day they seemed to all happen at once, and some fresh ones.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

It's a bad habit to lose one's temper.

From Mother West Wind "How" Stories by Cady, Harrison

I discovered also how easy it is to lose one's temper with these men.

From Roving East and Roving West by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)