"lose one's bearings" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: loses one's bearings [present, singular, third-person], losing one's bearings [participle, present], lost one's bearings [participle, past], lost one's bearings [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> one's bearings}} lose one's bearings (third-person singular simple present loses one's bearings, present participle losing one's bearings, simple past and past participle lost one's bearings)
  1. To become disoriented.
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_bearings-en-verb-xb1um4Id Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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