lose (one's) edge Идиома

a double-edged sword

a device that can help you and hurt you Truth is a double-edged sword. It can imprison me or set me free.

cutting edge

the latest technology, state of the art This picture is the cutting edge - the best in the TV industry.

double-edged sword

(See a double-edged sword)

drive me to the edge

cause me to be nearly mad or insane When those chipmunks sing, it drives me to the edge!

full-fledged

complete, having everything that is needed to be something She became a full-fledged nurse before she went to Saudi Arabia to work for a year.

get a word in edgewise

manage to break into a conversation I couldn

have an edge on

have an advantage (over someone) Their team has an edge on the race to win the high school football championship.

hedge in

keep from getting out or moving freely, block in My car was hedged in by the other cars and I was unable to move it this morning.

hedge your bets

bet safely, bet on two or more horses etc. If you hedge your bets, you have a better chance of winning.

life on the edge

(See live on the edge)

lose (one's) edge

To lose the skills, conviction, or activity that helped accomplish one a success before. At one point I was advised one of the best tennis players in North America, but I absent my bend during college.Learn more: edge, lose

lose your edge

COMMON If addition or article loses their edge, they no best accept the appropriate skills, qualities or advantages that they had in the past. As a company, they had absent their aggressive edge. Its critics say the annual is out of date and has absent its edge. Note: If a brand or knife has absent its edge, it is blunt. Learn more: edge, lose

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