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lose one's balance

lose one's balance verb: to become unsteady.

Verb

lose one's balance (third-person singular simple present loses one's balance, present participle losing one's balance, simple past and past participle lost one's balance)

  1. To become unsteady.

Antonyms of lose one's balance

  • keep one's balance

Forms of lose one's balance

third-person singular presentloses one's balance
present participlelosing one's balance
past participlelost one's balance
pastlost one's balance

Questions about lose one's balance

What does lose one's balance mean?
Lose one's balance means to become unsteady.
What part of speech is lose one's balance?
Lose one's balance is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose one's balance?
The past tense of lose one's balance is lost one's balance.

Words near lose one's balance in the dictionary

  1. lose heart
  2. lose her head
  3. lose his head
  4. lose it
  5. lose no time
  6. lose one's balance
  7. lose one's battle
  8. lose one's bearings
  9. lose one's bottle
  10. lose one's cookies
  11. lose one's cool

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