to lose track
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3.7
- phrasal verb
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- Further, if you are enjoying yourself, you lose track of time and concentrate more on the here and now.
- lose track of time
And I just kind of lost track of her at that point.
- And I just kind of lost track of her at that point.
- And and they lose track of, hey, where were you going?
- That's, that's so great that you lose track of space and time.
- Not to mention there's just so much painting that it's easy to lose track of small defects.
- You've now lost track of what you should be doing.
- The plant had drugged him so that he would lose track of where it was.
- Well, if you can get so into the character that you lose track of what's going on, that's great.
- Then I'm almost like losing track where we are.
- I think we all we all lose track of like where we're going sometimes when you fail.
Examples
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I just had so much fun I really lost track of time.
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I lost track of time.
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And I just kind of lost track of her at that point.
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It's, it's easy to start, you know, losing track of, of what really matters.
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We were out, and I lost track of time.
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I completely lost track of time.
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When did I lose track of everyone?
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But on the ground, the distance is so big that it's easy to lose track of what's happening.
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In the daily grind, it is easy to lose track of time.
Academic text (2011) -
During the meeting, I completely lost track of the discussion and had to ask for a recap.
Synonyms
87
3.5
To stop being able to see a person or thing because something blocks your view
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9.9
Fail to follow what is happening and become confused
Antonyms
How Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to fail to remain informed or aware' is directly derivable from combining 'lose' (to no longer have or locate) with 'track' (to follow or monitor): it literally means to lose one's ability to follow/monitor someone or something. This compositional pattern is common and parallels equivalent constructions in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Lose track comes from the simple image of losing a path or trail; if you lose the track, you can no longer tell where you are or where someone or something is. So it now means 'to stop knowing the current time, position, or progress'.