lose count

English

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To forget the number of times that something has happened; to lose the tally.

   Antonym: keep count

   I have lost count of the number of girls I have kissed.

Related terms

• lose track

Translations

to forget the number of times that something has happened — see also lose track

• Catalan: descomptar-se (ca), perdre el compte
• Danish: tabe tråden
• Finnish: seota laskuissa
• French: perdre le compte (fr)
• German: den Überblick verlieren
• Greek: χάνω το λογαριασμό (cháno to logariasmó)
• Italian: perdere il conto
• Japanese: 数えきれなくなる (kazoekinaku naru), 数がわからなくなる (kazo ga wakaranakunaru)
• Polish: tracić rachubę impf, stracić rachubę pf
• Portuguese: perder a conta
• Russian: сбиться со счета (sbitʹsja so sčeta)
• Spanish: perder la cuenta, perder el conteo
• Turkish: sayısını unutmak

Anagrams

• Lone Scout, consolute, uncoolest