lose track
idiom
: to stop being aware of how something is changing, what someone is doing, etc.
With so much going on, it's easy to lose track.
—usually + ofIt's easy to lose track of what's going on.
I'm sorry I'm late. I lost track of the time.
We lost track of each other after high school.
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Jason, watching Biden appear to lose track of his own thoughts mid-sentence was painful.
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Washington Post Opinions Staff, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
But the sneakiest reason why malls limit windows could be to make shoppers lose track of time.
—Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 22 June 2024
But how did scientists lose track of it in the first place?
—Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Many isolation cells have no windows and the isolated have no watches, leading them to lose track of time.
—Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
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Washington Post Opinions Staff, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
But the sneakiest reason why malls limit windows could be to make shoppers lose track of time.
—Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 22 June 2024
But how did scientists lose track of it in the first place?
—Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Many isolation cells have no windows and the isolated have no watches, leading them to lose track of time.
—Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Lose track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20track. Accessed 16 Jul. 2024.
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