The difference between Freak out and Lose it
When used as verbs, freak out means to react (or cause to react) with extreme anger or fear to something to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally, whereas lose it means to become explosively angry.
Freak out is also noun with the meaning: a positive experience with lsd or other psychedelic drug.
check bellow for the other definitions of Freak out and Lose it
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Freak out as a noun (slang, 1960s counterculture):
A positive experience with LSD or other psychedelic drug; bummer, bum trip.
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Freak out as a verb (slang, intransitive):
To react (or cause to react) with extreme anger or fear to something to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally; originally, 1960's countercultural term meaning to have a positive reaction or experience from the recreational, therapeutic or edificational use of a psychotropic – usually hallucinogenic or psychedelic – drug
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Freak out as a verb (slang, transitive):
To scare someone.
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Lose it as a verb (informal):
To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
Examples:
"When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just lost it."
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Lose it as a verb (informal):
To begin to laugh uncontrollably.
Examples:
"When the teacher's chair broke, the class completely lost it."
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Lose it as a verb (informal):
To lose one's mind, go crazy.
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Lose it as a verb (informal):
To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up.
Examples:
"When you think about all she's done for the sport, it's kind of sad, but she's completely lost it over the past few years."
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Lose it as a verb (idiomatic):
To lose control of a situation.