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lose one's bearings
Idioms and Phrases
see under get one's bearings .Example Sentences
He evokes the city’s disorientating waterways and passageways: echoing places where one could easily lose one’s bearings at night.
With interpretation left open, it was easy to lose one’s bearings and get lost in their sinister landscapes.
It is easy to lose one’s bearings by over-emphasizing the importance of variation and exception.
It is never pleasant to lose one's bearings,—and in the night and the cold and miles from any friendly habitation it is particularly hard to bear.
Strolling through "From Eastern Han to High Tang: A Journey in Transculturation," it's easy to lose one's bearings.
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