lose one's temper

Idioms  

1. Also, lose it. Give way to violent anger, lose self-control. For example, When she found out what Ann had done, she lost her temper, or He arrived without that important check, and then I just lost it completely. The first term dates from the early 1800s; the second slangy locution dates from the mid-1900s.

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lose one's temper

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

She considers it bad manners to lose one's temper.

From Out To Win The Story of America in France by Dawson, Coningsby

Till then it is idle to wrangle, and to lose one's temper.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various

It is most fit and natural to lose one's temper; but the throwing out of so much moral ballast does not help one to overtake that train.

From Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life by Lee, Vernon