"lose one's balance" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: loses one's balance [present, singular, third-person], losing one's balance [participle, present], lost one's balance [participle, past], lost one's balance [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> one's balance}} lose one's balance (third-person singular simple present loses one's balance, present participle losing one's balance, simple past and past participle lost one's balance)
  1. To become unsteady. Translations (become unsteady): sbilanciarsi (Italian)
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_balance-en-verb-gpIgZ5Rq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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