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lose oneself

idiom

Definition of lose oneself

: to give all of one's attention or thought to something
  • He lost himself in his work.
  • a musician who completely loses herself in the music

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lose play

  1. : to bring to destruction

  2. : damn

  3. : to miss from one's possession or from a customary or supposed place

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oneself play

  1. : a person's self : one's own self

  2. : one's normal, healthy, or sane condition or self

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