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lose one's tongue

lose one's tongue verb: to find oneself unable to speak; to be unable to come up with anything to say.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To find oneself unable to speak; to be unable to come up with anything to say.

Forms of lose one's tongue

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

Questions about lose one's tongue

What does lose one's tongue mean?
Lose one's tongue means to find oneself unable to speak; to be unable to come up with anything to say.
What part of speech is lose one's tongue?
Lose one's tongue is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose one's tongue?
The past tense of lose one's tongue is lost one's tongue.

Words near lose one's tongue in the dictionary

  1. lose one's nerve
  2. lose one's rag
  3. lose one's shirt
  4. lose one's shit
  5. lose one's temper
  6. lose one's tongue
  7. lose one's touch
  8. lose one's virginity
  9. lose one's way
  10. lose one's wits
  11. lose oneself

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