lose the thread

English

Verb

lose the thread (third-person singular simple present loses the thread, present participle losing the thread, simple past and past participle lost the thread)

1. (figuratively) To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation).

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: de draad kwijt zijn
• Finnish: pudota kärryiltä
• French: perdre le fil (fr)
• German: den Faden verlieren (de)
• Hungarian: elveszti a fonalat
• Italian: perdere il filo
• Polish: gubić wątek impf, zgubić wątek pf
• Portuguese: perder o fio
• Russian: теря́ть нить impf (terjátʹ nitʹ), потеря́ть нить pf (poterjátʹ nitʹ)
• Spanish: perder el hilo

See also

• lose one's thread
• pick up the threads
• lose the plot

Further reading

• “lose the thread”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lose the thread” (US) / “lose the thread” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.