lose the plot

Definitions

1. 1

   To cease to behave in a consistent or rational manner.

   • I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits and the exit sign.
   • Right then I lost the plot. I did, man, I went over the edge.
   • Finally, I lost the plot. I got into my car and drove to the police station.
2. 2

   To lose sight of an important objective or principle

   To lose sight of an important objective or principle; to act contrarily to one's own interests through concentrating on relatively unimportant matters.

3. 3

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, plot.

   • Readers enter the storyworlds of novels and then follow the logic of the events that occur in them primarily by attempting to reconstruct the fictional minds of the characters in that storyworld. Otherwise, readers lose the plot.

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