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lose one's temper

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Verb1.lose one's temper - get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, throw a fit, blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust
rage - feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"


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But it is sometimes as difficult to lose one's temper as it is difficult at other times to keep it.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
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