lose one's way

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Mme. d'Abrantès, with her usual veracity, describes the luxurious furniture and huge lamps in the "labyrinths of Tournebut, of which one must, as it were, have a plan, so as not to lose one's way."

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]

Sometimes one may lose one's way, and one may even falter if the path is rugged.

From A People's Man by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

It would not be a pleasant experience to lose one's way, and, perhaps, stumble by mistake on Master Quinton Edge's front door.

From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel

To lose one's way is--so it seems to me--nothing else but the giving up of prayer.

From The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus by Teresa, of Avila, Saint

To wander in the dark; to lose one's way.

From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by Gibbs, George