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lose control

lose control verb: to become unable to control one's emotions or actions; to abandon rationality or reason.

Verb

lose control (third-person singular simple present loses control, present participle losing control, simple past and past participle lost control)

  1. (set phrase) To become unable to control one's emotions or actions; to abandon rationality or reason.
    • When he said that she lost control, and punched him in the nose.

Forms of lose control

third-person singular presentloses control
present participlelosing control
past participlelost control
pastlost control

Questions about lose control

What does lose control mean?
Lose control means to become unable to control one's emotions or actions; to abandon rationality or reason.
What part of speech is lose control?
Lose control is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose control?
The past tense of lose control is lost control.

Words near lose control in the dictionary

  1. Loschiavos
  2. Loschmidt's paradox
  3. Loscoe
  4. lose
  5. lose caste
  6. lose control
  7. lose count
  8. lose face
  9. lose ground
  10. lose heart
  11. lose her head

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