lose it
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“If that had happened to me in Seattle, I would have lost it.”
From Literature
"I am the one who sets the rules in the household about phone use, and if for whatever reason I don't think they're using it appropriately, then they'll lose it."
From BBC
But he did not dare throw it and lose it: it was not a thing that could be thrown.
From Literature
We are confused, angry and some of us are losing it.
From Salon
Still, he said of the Fed’s independence from political interference, “we haven’t lost it and I don’t believe we will.”
From Barron's
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