lose

lose yourself (in something)

to stop worrying about yourself by giving attention to something else Out on the golf course, you can lose yourself and forget everything else in the world. You can reduce stress by losing yourself in the pages of a good book.

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blow lunch fall out of favor it's swings and roundabouts Lend your money and lose your friend lose lose a bundle lose appetite lose at lose by lose contact with lose cool lose count of lose edge lose face lose grip lose ground lose ground to lose head lose heart lose heart to

lose hold on lose in lose it lose marbles lose mind lose money on lose nerve lose oneself in lose out lose out to lose patience lose rag lose reason lose shirt lose sight of lose sleep lose sleep over lose some amount of time lose temper lose the plot

lose the thread lose the use of lose time lose to lose touch lose touch with reality lose trace of lose track lose train of thought miss out stand to lose tale never loses in the telling There's no time to lose waste no time in Win a few, lose a few You can't win 'em all You cannot lose what you never had You must lose a fly to catch a trout You win some, you lose some