"lose one's bottle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: loses one's bottle [present, singular, third-person], losing one's bottle [participle, present], lost one's bottle [participle, past], lost one's bottle [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> one's bottle}} lose one's bottle (third-person singular simple present loses one's bottle, present participle losing one's bottle, simple past and past participle lost one's bottle)
  1. (UK) To lose courage and determination. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_bottle-en-verb-Mpz6cRai Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, bottle.
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_bottle-en-verb-IQ5pFZi6

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