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lose one's bearings

lose one's bearings verb: to become disoriented.

Verb

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

  1. To become disoriented.

Forms of lose one's bearings

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

Questions about lose one's bearings

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

Words near lose one's bearings in the dictionary

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

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