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Synonyms for lose it
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : looz |
Phonetic Transcription : luz |
Top 10 synonyms for lose it Other synonyms for the word lose it
- act up
- adulterate
- alarm
- alloy
- be indecorous
- be terror-stricken
- be worse for wear
- become deranged
- become hysterical
- become insane
- become worse
- blow a gasket
- blow one's mind
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- blow up
- blunder
- bowl down
- break
- bring down
- bug out
- capsize
- chicken out
- clutch
- come apart
- come unglued
- corrode
- corrupt
- crack up
- cut up
- debase
- debilitate
- decompose
- deprave
- disarrange
- disarray
- disimprove
- disorder
- disturb
- do a pratfall
- down
- ebb
- fade
- fail
- fall
- fall apart
- fall headlong
- falter
- flag
- flatten
- flip
- flip one's lid
- flip out
- floor
- flop
- fly off the handle
- founder
- freak out
- freeze up
- give way
- go ape
- go ballistic
- go bananas
- go batty
- go belly up
- go berserk
- go bonkers
- go buggy
- go crazy
- go cuckoo
- go daffy
- go down
- go downhill
- go haywire
- go kooky
- go loco
- go loony
- go mad
- go mental
- go nuts
- go nutty
- go off
- go off one's rocker
- go off the deep end
- go off the wall
- go psycho
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to the dogs
- go wacko
- go wacky
- have a fit
- hit the ceiling
- hit the dirt
- hit the skids
- impair
- injure
- jumble
- keel
- keel over
- knock down
- knock over
- land
- languish
- lapse
- lessen
- level
- lose control of oneself
- lose footing
- lose it
- lose nerve
- lose one's composure
- lose one's cool
- lose one's mind
- lose one's temper
- lose quality
- lower
- lurch
- make a fuss
- mar
- mess up
- misbehave
- nose-dive
- oust
- overbalance
- overreact
- overturn
- pervert
- pitch
- plummet
- plunge
- push panic button
- rage
- raise Cain
- regress
- retrograde
- retrogress
- roll
- rot
- run scared
- sag
- scare
- shake in boots
- sink
- skid
- slide
- slip
- slump
- spill
- spoil
- stagger
- stampede
- startle
- stumble
- succumb
- take a header
- teeter
- terrify
- tip over
- topple
- toss
- totter
- trip
- tumble
- turn over
- undermine
- unhorse
- unnerve
- unseat
- unsettle
- upset
- vitiate
- weaken
- wear away
- wig out
- work oneself up
- worsen
- yield
Définition of lose it
Origin :- Old English losian "be lost, perish," from los "destruction, loss," from Proto-Germanic *lausa- (cf. Old Norse los "the breaking up of an army;" Old English forleosan "to lose, destroy," Old Frisian forliasa, Old Saxon farliosan, Middle Dutch verliesen, Old High German firliosan, German verlieren), from PIE root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart, untie, separate" (cf. Sanskrit lunati "cuts, cuts off," lavitram "sickle;" Greek lyein "to loosen, untie, slacken," lysus "a loosening;" Latin luere "to loose, release, atone for, expiate").
- Replaced related leosan (a class II strong verb whose past participle loren survives in forlorn and lovelorn), from Proto-Germanic *leusanan (cf. Old High German virliosan, German verlieren, Old Frisian urliasa, Gothic fraliusan "to lose").
- Transitive sense of "to part with accidentally" is from c.1200. Meaning "fail to maintain" is from mid-15c. Meaning "to be defeated" (in a game, etc.) is from 1530s. Meaning "to cause (someone) to lose his way" is from 1640s. To lose (one's) mind "become insane" is attested from c.1500. To lose out "fail" is 1858, American English. Related: Lost; losing.
- As in panic : verb become, make afraid or distressed
- As in topple : verb fall or knock over; overthrow
- As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
- As in go to pieces : verb break down
- As in carry on : verb lose control emotionally
- As in crack : verb lose self-control
- As in deteriorate : verb decay, degenerate
- As in flip out : verb lose one's cool
- As in freak out : verb lose control
- As in go crazy : verb become insane
Antonyms for lose it
- aid
- approve
- arrange
- ascend
- assist
- be calm
- be content
- build
- calm
- clean
- cleanse
- clear
- clear up
- compliment
- compose
- construct
- cure
- develop
- discontinue
- elevate
- fix
- get better
- go up
- grow
- heal
- help
- hold
- improve
- increase
- join
- laud
- lose
- mend
- mismanage
- misunderstand
- order
- organize
- place
- praise
- purify
- put
- put together
- raise
- rise
- stop
- straighten
- strengthen
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