lose track
idiom
: to stop being aware of how something is changing, what someone is doing, etc.
With so much going on, it's easy to lose track.
—usually + ofIt's easy to lose track of what's going on.
I'm sorry I'm late. I lost track of the time.
We lost track of each other after high school.
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
This is a great option for people who tend to lose track of their remote.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2025
Even those of us who should know better can lose track of cloud spend.
—Jyoti Bansal, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
He can be somewhat distracted off the ball and lose track of his assignment.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Lose track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20track. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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