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lose one's bearings

Idioms  

  1. see under get one's bearings.

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With interpretation left open, it was easy to lose one’s bearings and get lost in their sinister landscapes.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2014

Strolling through "From Eastern Han to High Tang: A Journey in Transculturation," it's easy to lose one's bearings.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is easy to lose one’s bearings by over-emphasizing the importance of variation and exception.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

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