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Verb
lose oneself (third-person singular simple present loses oneself, present participle losing oneself, simple past and past participle lost oneself)
- To lose one's way; to become lost.
- (figurative) To become deeply involved (in something) or overwhelmed by a (particular) sensation or emotion.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part I, page 197:I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration.
- 2006, Zach Helm, Stranger Than Fiction (screenplay):
- Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies.