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lose one's bottle

lose one's bottle verb: to lose courage and determination.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To lose courage and determination.
    • “You'll never lose your bottle for football,” Kate promised him. “No matter how long you'll be out for. Keep the faith, Shaggy. Nothing is set in stone forever. The bloke who nicked the Sea Journey has to be caught.”2005, Forest Jones, The Greatest English Detective Club #1, →ISBN, page 49
    • On the Friday, I took her home and, after a quick snog, completely lost my bottle.2010, Emily Herbert, Take That and Robbie Williams, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, bottle.

Forms of lose one's bottle

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

Questions about lose one's bottle

What does lose one's bottle mean?
Lose one's bottle means to lose courage and determination.
What part of speech is lose one's bottle?
Lose one's bottle is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose one's bottle?
The past tense of lose one's bottle is lost one's bottle.

Words near lose one's bottle in the dictionary

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

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