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lose the thread

lose the thread verb: to get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation).

Verb

lose the thread (third-person singular simple present loses the thread, present participle losing the thread, simple past and past participle lost the thread)

  1. (figuratively) To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation).

lose the thread meaning in Kannada

lose the thread in Kannada

ಸಂಬಂಧ ಕಳಕೊಳ್ಳು, ದೂರವಾಗು

Forms of lose the thread

third-person singular presentloses the thread
present participlelosing the thread
past participlelost the thread
pastlost the thread

Questions about lose the thread

What does lose the thread mean?
Lose the thread means to get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation).
What is lose the thread in Kannada?
Lose the thread in Kannada is ಸಂಬಂಧ ಕಳಕೊಳ್ಳು, ದೂರವಾಗು. See Lose the thread meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is lose the thread?
Lose the thread is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose the thread?
The past tense of lose the thread is lost the thread.

Words near lose the thread in the dictionary

  1. lose the dressing room
  2. lose the fang
  3. lose the number of one's mess
  4. lose the plot
  5. lose the run of oneself
  6. lose the thread
  7. lose their head
  8. lose time
  9. lose to plot
  10. lose touch
  11. lose track

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lose the thread (page history and authors); lose the thread (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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