BLEW ONE'S COOL Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

blew one's cool

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past tense of blow one's cool

as in angered

to become very angry He blew his cool when the tailgater rear-ended him.

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as in cracked

to yield to mental or emotional stress The movie star tolerated the constant attention of the paparazzi, but finally blew her cool when one asked about her recent divorce.

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For example, when the Texas Longhorns lost to Ohio State in 2025 and missed the playoff, head coach Steve Sarkisian went ballistic.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of went ballistic

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Trump’s endless war and its global economic destruction isn’t helping the North Carolina apple farmer who lost it all in Hurricane Helene.

— S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
One question that scientists have puzzled over for years is whether Venus always lacked a moon, or if the hottest planet in the solar system once had a natural satellite and somehow lost it.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of lost it

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The organizations that treated data quality as an optional back-office concern are now hitting the ceiling in months, not years.

— Gopichand Mannava, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
On March 16, 2025, sparks from indoor fireworks hit the ceiling of the Pulse nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of hit the ceiling

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Previous ceasefire talks either failed or the truces quickly fell apart.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Later, a former professional boxer and a local politics kingmaker took over, but things fell apart around the time of the FBI’s raid on the property.

— Lauren Mechling, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2026

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