lose count

lose count (of something)

To fail to remember or keep an accurate tally of how many of something there is, often due to there being a great amount. At this point, I've lost count of the number of times they've yelled at me! Ah, shoot—I lost count! I'll have to start the whole inventory over again now.
See also: count, lose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lose ˈcount (of something)

not know how many there are of something: He’s had so many different jobs that I’ve lost count (of them all).
See also: count, lose
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • lose count (of something)
  • lose count of
  • count up
  • tally up
  • get the measure of
  • get the measure of (someone or something)
  • get/have/take the measure of somebody
  • make (something) good
  • make good
  • more like (something)
References in classic literature
It felt that, in spite of all possible pains, It had somehow contrived to lose count, And the only thing now was to rack its poor brains By reckoning up the amount.
Hunting of the Snark
Living down in the country you lose count of time, and I forgot that it was July, when people go out of the city.
Uneasy Money
"You kind of lose count. I've worked with the same guys over and over so it could be 50 and the total could be 100.
Aussie porn star who has bedded 100 men wants to work until 80!
I take the ScotRail cattle truck to Glasgow every day and when I look out over the nearby M8, I lose count of the number of cars which only have one person in them.
Mail Box: RAIL PRICE HIKE IS HARD LINES
TREVOR Hemmings - boss of Arena Leisure and owner of Blackpool Tower - must be beginning to lose count of the horses he has in training.
Racing: STABLE INSIDER: Heather steps into the arena for Hemmings