lose sleep

English

Verb

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

1. (often with over) To worry.

   I won't be losing sleep over the national budget deficit.

   • 2019 December 14, Rosanna Greenstreet, “Laurence Fox: ‘I don’t lose sleep over my divorce – I did for about a year’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     What keeps you awake at night?
     Worry about being self-employed. Nowadays, I don’t lose sleep over my divorce—I did for about a year.

   • 2022 August 26, Ben Fisher, quoting Brendan Rodgers, “Brendan Rodgers not losing sleep over threat of sack despite Leicester woes”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     I don’t lose sleep over it. My energy is with the players and the people here. I’m in here early in the morning until late at night, trying to find solutions and the best way forward.