lose one's rag

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lose one's rag

verb loses one's rag · losing one's rag · lost one's rag

  1. UK, slang To become angry. 1928, Ethel May Dell, The Gate Marked "Private", G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 248, […] 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.”

    Similar: blow one's top, go ape, go apeshit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, lose it, lose one's temper

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@misc{lose_one_s_rag_2026,
  title = {lose one's rag},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lose%20one's%20rag},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}