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lost one's bearings

lost one's bearings is the simple past and past participle of lose one's bearings.

Meaning of lose one's bearings

Verb

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

  1. To become disoriented.

Questions about lost one's bearings

What is lost one's bearings the simple past and past participle of?
Lost one's bearings is the simple past and past participle of lose one's bearings.

Words near lost one's bearings in the dictionary

  1. lost neutrals
  2. lost no time
  3. lost on
  4. lost one's balance
  5. lost one's battle
  6. lost one's bearings
  7. lost one's bottle
  8. lost one's cookies
  9. lost one's cool
  10. lost one's head
  11. lost one's heart

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