lost on
idiom
: not appreciated or understood by (someone)
The jokes were lost on me.
The meaning of her sarcastic remark wasn't lost on him.
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Pause until 2025 Those arguments were not lost on Council Member Rebecca Noecker, who following a public hearing on Wednesday, asked the city council to delay a vote on the zoning changes until September 2025.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
But the significance of a Harris win would not be lost on historians.
—Steve Peoples, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Benn said the gravity of the moment is not lost on him.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
He was born in 2006, the year of the Second Lebanon War – a coincidence that is not lost on him.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
But the significance of a Harris win would not be lost on historians.
—Steve Peoples, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Benn said the gravity of the moment is not lost on him.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
He was born in 2006, the year of the Second Lebanon War – a coincidence that is not lost on him.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Lost on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lost%20on. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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