lose one's cool

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  • IPA(key): /ˈluːz wʌnz ˈkuːl/
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lose one's cool (third-person singular simple present loses one's cool, present participle losing one's cool, simple past and past participle lost one's cool)

  1. (idiomatic) To become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.
    Synonyms: blow one's cool, blow one's top, drop one's bundle, go ape, go apeshit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, lose it, lose one's temper, lose one's rag
    Antonym: keep one's cool
    • 1966 November 18, “To the Ludicrous”, in Time:
      But in his final singles match against Mandarino, the Menace lost his cool. Visibly rattled by noisy spectators, who chanted "Brasil! Bra-sil!" from the third set onward, he collapsed completely in the fifth set.
    • 2006 April 28, Stefanie Cohen, “Naomi Campbell Accused of Attacking Maid in Fit Over Jeans”, in FOXNews.com, retrieved 3 June 2009:
      The fiery femme fatale is notorious for losing her cool, and was once accused of hitting her secretary with a telephone and threatening to throw her from a moving car.

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