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loses the number of one's mess

loses the number of one's mess is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lose the number of one's mess.

Meaning of lose the number of one's mess

Verb

lose the number of one's mess (third-person singular simple present loses the number of one's mess, present participle losing the number of one's mess, simple past and past participle lost the number of one's mess)

  1. (idiomatic) To die, to perish.
    • "What do you think we come to sea for? If we can take a man-of-war of our own size she's worth half a dozen merchant craft, though, to be sure, some of us may lose the number of our mess; but we all know that, and make no count of it."1870, W.H.G. Kingston, From Powder Monkey to Admiral

Questions about loses the number of one's mess

What is loses the number of one's mess the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Loses the number of one's mess is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lose the number of one's mess.

Words near loses the number of one's mess in the dictionary

  1. loses the battle, but wins the war
  2. loses the bell
  3. loses the bubble
  4. loses the dressing room
  5. loses the fang
  6. loses the number of one's mess
  7. loses the plot
  8. loses the run of oneself
  9. loses the thread
  10. loses their head
  11. loses time

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