lose the thread
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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babble, digress, meander, wander, blather, depart, stray, expatiate, descant, drift, enlarge, diverge, drivel, divagate, protract, prose, gossip, maunder, chatter, amplify
Nearby words
- lose one's touch,
- lose oneself in,
- lose out,
- lose sight of,
- lose sleep over,
- lose time,
- lose touch,
- lose track,
- losel,
- loser
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