blows one's cool

phrase

present tense third-person singular of blow one's cool
1
as in snarls
to become very angry He blew his cool when the tailgater rear-ended him.

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2
as in loses it
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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  1. goes ballistic
  2. loses it
  3. falls apart
Phrase
  • When everything goes ballistic, the film adopts a pace similar to the rollercoaster Italian ghost films of the 1980s.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
Definition of goes ballistic
Phrase
  • Garfield stars as Ploughman, a farmer who’s lost his family to the Black Death and then loses it on some tax collectors.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The Bot gets a point for guessing in three and loses it again for losing to me.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of loses it
Phrase
  • When Gladwell investigates whether those features actually make a gun more lethal, the case largely falls apart.
    — Shelby Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Not in any meaningful amount, and the sourdough probiotic idea falls apart once the loaf hits the oven.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of falls apart
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