Lose the thread
Cease to follow the sense of what is said. For example, It was such a long story that I soon lost the thread. This expression uses thread in the sense of “something that connects the various points of a narrative.” [ Mid-1900s ]
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- Lose sleep over something
verb phrase To worry overmuch about something; be very anxious about something •Often in the negative: Murray doesn’t seem to have lost a lot of sleep over working without a strong black literary tradition to rely on/ Do you lose sleep over your investments? (1942+)
- Lose sleep over
Worry about, as in It’s too bad the experiment failed, but I’m not going to lose sleep over it. This expression, often put negatively, alludes to actual insomnia caused by anxiety. [ First half of 1900s ]
- Louder
[loud] /laʊd/ adjective, louder, loudest. 1. (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers. 2. making, emitting, or uttering strongly audible sounds: a quartet of loud trombones. 3. clamorous, vociferous, or blatant; noisy: a loud party; a loud demonstration. 4. emphatic or insistent: to be loud in one’s […]
- Loud-hailer
noun 1. a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone Also called (US and Canadian) bullhorn
- Loudish
[lou-dish] /ˈlaʊ dɪʃ/ adjective 1. somewhat . /ˈlaʊdɪʃ/ adjective 1. fairly loud; somewhat loud