"lose one's tongue" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: loses one's tongue [present, singular, third-person], losing one's tongue [participle, present], lost one's tongue [participle, past], lost one's tongue [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> one's tongue}} lose one's tongue (third-person singular simple present loses one's tongue, present participle losing one's tongue, simple past and past participle lost one's tongue)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To find oneself unable to speak; to be unable to come up with anything to say. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_tongue-en-verb-v-1lgRAV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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