# lose it

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/lose-it
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To lose control of a situation.

## Examples

- I almost lost it when the computer crashed again.
- The children were screaming for hours, and I finally lost it and shouted at them to be quiet.
- After enduring months of relentless pressure and mounting failures, the exhausted manager finally lost it during the board meeting.

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