"lose the number of one's mess" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lose the number of one's mess.ogg [Australia] Forms: loses the number of one's mess [present, singular, third-person], losing the number of one's mess [participle, present], lost the number of one's mess [participle, past], lost the number of one's mess [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> the number of one's mess}} lose the number of one's mess (third-person singular simple present loses the number of one's mess, present participle losing the number of one's mess, simple past and past participle lost the number of one's mess)
  1. (nautical, idiomatic) To die, to perish. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Death, Nautical

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