lose one's cool

verb
/ˈluːz wʌnz ˈkuːl/

Definitions

  1. To become upset or disconcerted

    To become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.

    • But in his final singles match against Mandarino, the Menace lost his cool. Visibly rattled by noisy spectators, who chanted "Brasil! Bra-sil!" from the third set onward, he collapsed completely in the fifth set.
    • The fiery femme fatale is notorious for losing her cool, and was once accused of hitting her secretary with a telephone and threatening to throw her from a moving car.

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