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lost the number of one's mess

lost the number of one's mess is the simple past and past 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 lost the number of one's mess

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

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

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

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