lose one's bottle

verb

To lose courage and determination.

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Meanings

verblose one's bottle (third-person singular simple present loses one's bottle, present participle losing one's bottle, simple past and past participle lost one's bottle)

present singular third person loses one's bottle · participle present losing one's bottle · participle past lost one's bottle · past lost one's bottle

  1. UKidiomaticTo lose courage and determination.

    On the Friday, I took her home and, after a quick snog, completely lost my bottle.

    2010, Emily Herbert, Take That and Robbie Williams, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    “You'll never lose your bottle for football,” Kate promised him. “No matter how long you'll be out for. Keep the faith, Shaggy. Nothing is set in stone forever. The bloke who nicked the Sea Journey has to be caught.”

    2005, Forest Jones, The Greatest English Detective Club #1, →ISBN, page 49

    It was just before she went to Europe, I made her swear that she wouldn't tell you that she had seen me just in case I lost my bottle again and didn't come home.

    2013, Val Creasey, Lost Lives, →ISBN, page 126
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, bottle.
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