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.]

"He's no doubt afraid that I shall lose myself," said she, "this is all so vast that it would be easy to lose one's way."

From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de

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

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

But it is easy to lose one's way upon a mountain-peak, and the hills presented no clear definition to me.

From Jacqueline of Golden River by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)