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Cease to follow the sense of what is said. For example, It was such a long story that I soon lost the thread. This expression uses thread in the sense of “something that connects the various points of a narrative.” [Mid-1900s]

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How to use lose the thread in a sentence

France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.
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A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.
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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
There was not a moment to lose, for one well-directed shot might exterminate half of us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
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That he might lose his head and 'introduce an element of sex' was conscience confessing that it had been already introduced.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Speaking with a certain dignity and using the language of the court, he said that they had not a moment to lose.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

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