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losing the number of one's mess

losing the number of one's mess is the present participle 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 losing the number of one's mess

What is losing the number of one's mess the present participle of?
Losing the number of one's mess is the present participle of lose the number of one's mess.

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

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

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