Thesaurus / lose the thread
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synonyms for lose the thread
- babble
- digress
- meander
- wander
- amplify
- blather
- chatter
- depart
- descant
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- drivel
- enlarge
- expatiate
- gossip
- maunder
- prose
- protract
- stray
- be diffuse
- beat around bush
- dwell on
- excurse
- get off the subject
- go astray
- go off on tangent
- go on and on
- harp on
- rant and rave
- rattle on
- talk nonsense
- talk off top of head
- talk randomly
antonyms for lose the thread
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How to use lose the thread in a sentence
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThere was not a moment to lose, for one well-directed shot might exterminate half of us.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSYou never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThat he might lose his head and 'introduce an element of sex' was conscience confessing that it had been already introduced.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODSpeaking with a certain dignity and using the language of the court, he said that they had not a moment to lose.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYFearing to lose his way, he bawls over the banister, and through the corridors, “Is any one there?”
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUMr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSBut it was the labyrinth for which the earlier economist held, so he thought, the thread.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRWhen Tim hesitates he loses his temper as a sensible man should lose it—he buries it, and his indomitable good humor wins.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDWORDS RELATED TO LOSE THE THREAD
- amplify
- babble
- be diffuse
- beat around bush
- blather
- chatter
- depart
- descant
- digress
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- drivel
- dwell on
- enlarge
- excurse
- expatiate
- get off the subject
- go astray
- go off on tangent
- go on and on
- gossip
- harp on
- lose the thread
- maunder
- meander
- prose
- protract
- rant and rave
- rattle on
- stray
- talk nonsense
- talk off top of head
- talk randomly
- wander
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.