Lose it (original) (raw)
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose control of one's emotions
Example:
When her baby died, she snapped
Synonyms:
break down; lose it; snap
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "lose it" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lose it"):
dissolve (lose control emotionally)
die (be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame)
fall apart; go to pieces (lose one's emotional or mental composure)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue lose it