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at a loss

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at a loss (for words)
Fig. unable to speak; speechless or befuddled. I was so surprised that I was at a loss for words. Tom was terribly confused—really at a loss.
See also: loss

at a loss
unable to know how to act or what to do He felt totally at a loss about how to proceed with the making of a dictionary.
See also: loss


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de Villefort, for which I am quite at a loss to account.
"There is no doubt about that," replied the major; "and as we shall have to employ an immense quantity of metal, we shall not be at a loss for choice.
If he had been asked whether he liked or didn't like the peasants, Konstantin Levin would have been absolutely at a loss what to reply.
 
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