"lose one's marbles" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lose one's marbles.wav Forms: loses one's marbles [present, singular, third-person], losing one's marbles [participle, present], lost one's marbles [participle, past], lost one's marbles [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> one's marbles}} lose one's marbles (third-person singular simple present loses one's marbles, present participle losing one's marbles, simple past and past participle lost one's marbles)
  1. Synonym of lose one's mind (“to become crazy”) Synonyms: lose one's mind [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_marbles-en-verb-6rsKudxN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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