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Lose Track of Time

 

Lose Track of Time


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Meaning:

Not being aware of time, when more time has passed then what you wanted

 

Example Sentence: 

“I started playing a video game, and lost track of time, I played for six hours.”

 

Origin: 

This idiom is quite interesting. It came about with the implementation of standardized time. Standardized time happened between 1884 when the prime Meridian conference happened, and 1913 when time got globally broadcasted from the Eiffel Tower because railroads needed standard times. This change led to the end of many local times and everyone being on the same time for this idiom there is no exact time to when it was first started many writers made time their subjects because of this there are many variations of “lose track of time” one of my favorites is HG wells The Time Machine it reads

“…you are wrong to say that we cannot move about in time, for instance, if I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence I become absentminded as you say I jump back for a moment...”

 

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