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lost the thread

lost the thread is the simple past and past participle of lose the thread.

Meaning of lose the thread

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation).

Questions about lost the thread

What is lost the thread the simple past and past participle of?
Lost the thread is the simple past and past participle of lose the thread.

Words near lost the thread in the dictionary

  1. lost the dressing room
  2. lost the fang
  3. lost the number of one's mess
  4. lost the plot
  5. lost the run of oneself
  6. lost the thread
  7. lost time
  8. lost to history
  9. lost to the world
  10. lost to time
  11. lost touch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lost the thread (page history and authors); lose the thread (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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