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lose track

lose track verb: to forget one's train of thought or temporarily misplace an item or its place in a sequence.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To forget one's train of thought or temporarily misplace an item or its place in a sequence.
    • With all that had happened, she had lost track of the time.
    • Sometimes when talking to Paige, I lose track of what her words mean. It's like she's a whale of a dolphin using echolocation. And I'm a boy speaking English.2018, Robia Rashid, “Penguin Cam and Chill” (5:50 from the start), in Ryan Case, director, Atypical, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Sam (Keir Gilchrist), via Netflix
    Antonyms:
    keep track

Antonyms of lose track

Forms of lose track

third-person singular presentloses track
present participlelosing track
past participlelost track
pastlost track

Questions about lose track

What does lose track mean?
Lose track means to forget one's train of thought or temporarily misplace an item or its place in a sequence.
What part of speech is lose track?
Lose track is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose track?
The past tense of lose track is lost track.

Words near lose track in the dictionary

  1. lose the thread
  2. lose their head
  3. lose time
  4. lose to plot
  5. lose touch
  6. lose track
  7. lose weight
  8. lose-lose
  9. loseable
  10. Loseby
  11. Losebys

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