Definition
To become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.
In Context
- "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."
Also Said As
- blow one's cool
- blow one's top
- drop one's bundle
- go ape
- go apeshit
- hit the roof
- hit the ceiling
- lose it
- lose one's temper
- lose one's rag