Meaning

7 senses
  1. To be overcome with emotion.

    (informal)To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.

    When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just lost it.

    die Beherrschung verlieren, die Selbstbeherrschung verlieren

  2. (informal)To feel devastated, or distraught, especially when one's sadness is overwhelming.

    When she heard the news about her cousin's death, she lost it.

  3. (informal)To begin to laugh uncontrollably.

    When the teacher's chair broke, the class completely lost it.

  4. (informal)To lose one's mind, go crazy.

    lose control of one's emotions

  5. (informal)To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up.

    When you think about all she's done for the sport, it's kind of sad, but she's completely lost it over the past few years.

  6. (idiomatic)To lose control of a situation.

  7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, it.

Examples

142 sentences
  1. I bought a pen, but I lost it.

    Я купив ручку, але я її загубив. — deniko

    ruЯ купил ручку, но потерял её. — marafon

    deIch habe einen Stift gekauft, diesen aber verloren. — Ebruli

  2. I bought a watch and I lost it the next day.

    Я купив годинника і загубив його наступного дня. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ купил часы, а на следующий день их потерял. — Hellerick

    deIch kaufte eine Uhr und verlor sie am nächsten Tag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I don't want to risk losing it.

    Я не хочу ризикувати втратити його. — deniko

    ruЯ не хочу рисковать потерять это. — sharptoothed

  4. I must have lost it.

    Я, мабуть, загубив його. — deniko

    ruДолжно быть, я его потерял. — Biga

    deIch muss es verloren haben. — dima555

  5. We lost it.

    Ми його загубили. — deniko

    ruМы потеряли его. — odexed

    deWir haben es verloren. — Yorwba

Translations

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Deutsch
By meaning 1
to lose one's temper:

Forms

loses it, losing it, lost it, lost it
Base formlose it · to lose it
3rd person singularloses it
Present participlelosing it
Past simplelost it
Past participlelost it

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylose it
he, she, itloses it

Past simpleLesson

all personslost it

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lost it
he, she, ithas lost it

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lose it

Synonyms

14 synonyms

See also

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