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lose the run of oneself en · VERB
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(Ireland, colloquial, figuratively) To get carried away; lose one's self-control; exceed one's limits or limitations.
Belief in a high incidence of mental illness, as well as beliefs in high rates of alcoholism and suicide, may be metaphors for a culturally understandable and excusable `losing the run' of oneself.
1986 Winter, Eileen Kane, "Stereotypes and Irish Identity: Mental Illness as a Cultural Frame", Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review Vol.75 No.300 p.5492015 February 4, Paul Murphy "Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed)" Dáil debates
The vast majority of people who are in debt are not those who theoretically "lost the run of themselves" in the course of the boom. Their only crime was to provide for their very basic need to have a home.
In my opinion, Europe lost the run of itself. When we joined the EU and traded goods, it was a great thing, but it basically went from that to trying to own people.
2017 September 26, Michael Fitzmaurice, “UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements”, in Dáil debates:I think we have gone over the top on this, that we are losing the run of ourselves [...] and that it would be nice to see a little bit of common sense in the debate for a change.
1993 December 16, Seán Power, “Interpretation (Amendment) Bill, 1993 [ Seanad ]: Second Stage.”, in Dáil debates:
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