- lose your rag
- Meaning
Lose your temper.OriginUK origin.
Meaning and origin of phrases. 2013.
lose your rag
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lose your rag — british informal phrase to get very angry Get up now, before I really lose my rag! Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry: lose * * * ˌlose your ˈrag f16 … Useful english dictionary
lose your rag — lose (your) rag British & Australian, informal to suddenly become very angry and start shouting. He said one too many stupid things and I just lost my rag. It was the only time I ve ever lost my rag with someone in an office situation … New idioms dictionary
lose your rag — Is someone loses their rag, they are very angry about something … The small dictionary of idiomes
lose your rag — British informal to get very angry Get up now, before I really lose my rag! … English dictionary
lose — [ luz ] (past tense and past participle lost [ lɔst ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop having something ▸ 2 be unable to find ▸ 3 not win ▸ 4 have less than before ▸ 5 when someone dies ▸ 6 no longer see/hear etc. ▸ 7 not have body part ▸ 8 stop having… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lose rag — lose (your) rag British & Australian, informal to suddenly become very angry and start shouting. He said one too many stupid things and I just lost my rag. It was the only time I ve ever lost my rag with someone in an office situation … New idioms dictionary
lose */*/*/ — UK [luːz] / US [luz] verb Word forms lose : present tense I/you/we/they lose he/she/it loses present participle losing past tense lost UK [lɒst] / US [lɔst] past participle lost Get it right: lose: Don t confuse lose (a verb) and loose (an… … English dictionary
rag — rag1 [ræg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cloth)¦ 2¦(newspaper)¦ 3 in rags 4 from rags to riches 5¦(music)¦ 6¦(students event)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 4,6; Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: rögg rough hairiness ] [Sense: 5; … Dictionary of contemporary English
rag — [[t]ræ̱g[/t]] rags, ragging, ragged 1) N VAR A rag is a piece of old cloth which you can use to clean or wipe things. He was wiping his hands on an oily rag. ...a bundle of old rags... It looked like a piece of rag. 2) N PLURAL Rags are old torn… … English dictionary
lose one's rag — verb To become angry. […] he could not have said wherefore. “She was dressed as a bride if you must know,” he said. “But I don’t know what you’ve got to lose your rag about. She’s nothing to you.” Syn: blow ones top, go ape, go apeshit, hit the… … Wiktionary
