Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in capitals.
When the fire alarm rang, the new clerk LOST HIS HEAD and ran the wrong way.

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Correct answer: B

To lose your head is to panic and stop thinking clearly, which is why he ran the wrong way.

Worth noting

Forgot the rules is close, but the idiom is about losing self-control.

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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in capitals.When the fire alarm rang, the new clerk LOST HIS HEAD and ran the wrong way.