lose one's way
Example Sentences
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To wander in the dark; to lose one's way.
From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by Gibbs, George
Early in our work upon the plains we learned how easy it is to lose one's way.
From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman
"Who can say that?" rejoined I; "it's no difficult matter to lose one's way in a dense forest, where the tracks are unknown."
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James
It was a strange place in which it was easy to lose one's way.
From Stubble by Looms, George
Nothing, indeed, is more common than to lose one's way in the steppes, nor is it at all necessary to that end that one should fall out of his sledge.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de