Idiom
lose the bubble
Meaning
To cave in under pressure, or to lose situational awareness, control or understanding.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He lost the bubble during the exam and forgot everything.”
“The project manager lost the bubble when the deadline moved up, and the team struggled to finish the work.”
“As the crisis intensified and the situation spiraled into chaos, the commander clearly lost the bubble and failed to issue any coherent orders.”
Examples
simple
“He lost the bubble during the exam and forgot everything.”
contextual
“The project manager lost the bubble when the deadline moved up, and the team struggled to finish the work.”
complex
“As the crisis intensified and the situation spiraled into chaos, the commander clearly lost the bubble and failed to issue any coherent orders.”
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