10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOSE ONE'S RAG»
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
In later C.20 also Brit., and, as v.t., lose out on. loss (one's) punch. To lose one's
energy and ability: since ca. 1900: coll. >, by 1930, S.E. lose (one's) rag. To lose
one's temper: Glasgow, —1934, > more gen. widespread. Ex get (one's) rag out,
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
May we have the pleasure of your company for lunch tonight? take pleasure in
someone's company—enjoy a person's company: I take pleasure in your
company, and do my utmost to give pleasure back to you. have the rag on • lose
one's rag ...
SBffUti to lose one's rag (ffl) %}f&X& I +#4ft (I don't understand why sometimes a
trifling matter would make her lose her rag. • ) to lose one's shirt ( a) ^i^SPit^ I * jt^
^ (It's said that his father had lost his shirt in the stock market, ttttffe * to lose one's
...
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... over someone (lose hold of someone) lose one's face (keep one 'sface) lose
one's head lose one's heart (lose heart) lose one's marbles lose one's mind (lose
one 's head) lose one's nana (be off one 's nana) lose one's rag (have the rag on)
...
... at a disadvantage: She lost out by being ill and missing the party. lose one's
rag see rag. lose one's reason see reason. lose sight of see sight. lose sleep see
sleep. lose one's temper see temper. lose the thread see thread. lose the toss
see ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
ee nerve. lose oneself in (something) to have all one's attention taken up by (
something): to lose oneself in a book. lose out to suffer loss or be at a
disadvantage: She lost out by being ill and missing the party. lose one's rag see
rag. lose one's ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
Cruz, Et Al. LOSE ONE'S//RAG/TEMPER LOSE ONE'S//RAG/ TEMPER LOSE
ONE'S SHIRT LOSE ONE'S TONGUE LOSE ONE'S TOUCH LOSE ONE'S WAY
LOSE ONESELF IN LOSE OUT LOSE PATIENCE LOSE SIGHT OF LOSE ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
... usually for exceeding the limit of alcohol in the blood or for driving dangerously
, lose one's mind or reason to behave irrationally, especially temporarily, lose
one's rag or lose the rag see under RAG1, lose sight of someone or something 1
to ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
... for exceeding the limit of alcohol in the blood or for driving dahgerously. • lose
one's marbles stag to go completely crazy. • lose one's mind or reason to behave
irrationally, especially temporarily. • lose one's rag or lose the rag Brit colloq to ...
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
Since around1942. See alsoburpa rainbow; technicolour yawn. lose (one's)
marbles see marbles. lose (one's) rag to lose (one's) temper. Since around 1934.
From to get (one's) rag out, tobecome angry. loudmouth aperson who speaks
loudly, ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
