Sentence examples for loses the plot from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Lose the plot.

If someone loses the plot, they have stopped being rational about something.

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loses the plot

verb

Third person singular of lose the plot

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But some fluffs so distract an audience that it loses the plot.

It was pretty amusing though, so let's enjoy it again Glen Hoddle loses the plot.

But this unlikely resurrection was followed by Millions and, in 2007, by Sunshine, in which a spaceship loses the plot on its way to fire nuclear missiles into the Sun.

The "plot" seems to be a farce.In this section Bush's nuclear umbrella Banana politics in the Philippines Experiment with drugs, Mr Bush Mbeki loses the plot Schröder's Europe The telecoms begging bowl Reprints Related items Zambia: Third-term menMay 3rd 2001 South Africa: Trouble, troubleApr 26th 2001The mirthless consequencesIt is a damaging one for Mr Mbeki, for three reasons.

To say that the movie loses the plot would not be strictly accurate, for that would imply that there was a plot to lose, and that Ayer, in a forgetful moment, left it in the glove compartment of his car on the way to the studio.

So why doesn't she get some help before she totally and utterly loses the plot?

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Milan lost the plot.

We've lost the plot.

Culturally, we lost the plot".

VW lost the plot.

I lost the plot.

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