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lost control

lost control is the simple past and past participle of lose control.

Meaning of lose control

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.

Questions about lost control

What is lost control the simple past and past participle of?
Lost control is the simple past and past participle of lose control.

Words near lost control in the dictionary

  1. lost caste
  2. lost cause
  3. lost causes
  4. Lost City
  5. Lost Colony
  6. lost control
  7. lost count
  8. Lost Creek
  9. Lost Dakota
  10. lost decade
  11. lost decades

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