lose one's bottle
English
Verb
lose 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)
- (Britain) To lose courage and determination.
- 2005, Forest Jones, The Greatest English Detective Club #1, →ISBN, page 49:
- “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.”
- 2010, Emily Herbert, Take That and Robbie Williams, →ISBN:
- On the Friday, I took her home and, after a quick snog, completely lost my bottle.
- 2013, Val Creasey, Lost Lives, →ISBN, page 126:
- 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.
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- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see lose, bottle.