lose oneself

present singular third person loses oneself · participle present losing oneself · participle past lost oneself · past lost oneself

1. To lose one's way; to become lost.
2. figurativelyTo become deeply involved (in something) or overwhelmed by a (particular) sensation or emotion (in either a good way or a bad way).

   Sometimes you just need to kick back, relax, and lose yourself in a good novel for a while.

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   Staying informed is important, but let's not lose ourselves in despondency over the doomerism that blasts our eyeballs everyday.

   I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration.

   1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 197

   I lost myself in a familiar song I closed my eyes and I slipped away

   1976 August 25, Tom Scholz, “More Than a Feeling”, in Boston, performed by Boston

   Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies.

   2006, Zach Helm, Stranger Than Fiction (screenplay)