lose track


see under keep track.

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How to use lose track in a sentence

  • "Oh, well, it's easy to lose track of a lone man in a country as big as this," he returned suavely.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Joy, her eyes slitted, was weaving in and out of traffic so as not to lose track of the blue roadster.

  • But never, even in their most exciting play, did he entirely lose track of his master.

    The Country Beyond | James Oliver Curwood
  • The place you can spend a lifetime cutting ninety foot baulks, and lose track of where you cut.

    The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell Cullum
  • At last Lisbeth said, "I must look after the animals a little now, or I shall lose track of them."

    Lisbeth Longfrock | Hans Aanrud