be lost on

Meaning

1. be lost on sb

   to be not understood or noticed by sb

   His jokes were completely lost on most of the students.

In the movies · 867

• will be lost.David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet2020
• The war was lost.Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
• You've lost. Well, you are lost.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• Lost? No, no.Toy Story 42019
• This one lost... I haven't lost any...Space Jam: A New Legacy2021
• And the war will be lost.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019
• I lost it.Fantasy Island2020
• - You're interesting, too, in a lost way. - Lost?Midnight in Paris2011

Learn it in full scenes

• National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
  • Ensler Lets the Witness Talk
  • Ensler Corners the Witness
  • Tessa Comes Home After the Win
• Toy Story 42019
  • Woody Rescues the Lost Toy
  • Bo Peep Is Given Away
  • Woody Worries About Bonnie

From the same entry

• all is not lost
• be lost for words
• be lost in
• be lost to the world
• get lost
• give up for lost
• make up for lost time
• there's little love lost between A and B
• lose it
• lose yourself in
• lose out
• lose out to