lose track

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lose track

verb loses track · losing track · lost track

  1. idiomatic To forget one's train of thought or temporarily misplace an item or its place in a sequence. With all that had happened, she had lost track of the time.

    Opposite: keep track

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verb forget one's train of thought

Españolpasarse la hora, perder la noción
中文忘記 /忘记 wàngjì
Françaisperdre le fil
Deutschden Faden verlieren
Italianoperdere il filo

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@misc{lose_track_2026,
  title = {lose track},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lose%20track},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}