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Discover Ludwig"lose the plot" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to mean that someone has lost their track of logic or the course of a story. For example, "When the characters started travelling around the world without any clear goal, I felt like the movie was starting to lose the plot."
Idiom
Lose the plot.
If someone loses the plot, they have stopped being rational about something.
Dictionary
lose the plot
verb
To cease to behave in a consistent and/or rational manner.
Exact(60)
They lose the plot.
However, Mötley inevitably lose the plot.
Out here, you just lose the plot".
Stare too long and you lose the plot.
In fact, they rather lose the plot towards the end.
But he did slightly lose the plot against Savarese.
"As it turns out, basically, you lose the plot".
Of course, there will always be those at festivals who really do lose the plot.
The "How about never?" camp may save time, spare expenses, but lose the plot.
When Australia's conservative commentariat lose the plot, wow do they really lose it.
I was carrying her and she started to lose the plot.
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