lose grip

lose your/its grip

to be unable to control something Changes in your body can make you feel like you're losing your grip. For many years now the old political parties have been losing their grip on the South. Related vocabulary: lose it

lose your grip

to lose your ability to control or deal with a situation He was losing his grip at work and knew it was time to retire. (often + on ) It suggests that the ruling party is losing its grip on the middle classes in some of the bigger cities.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Egill	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Erika	e-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
DorothÉE	do-ro-TE	French
Lynette	li-NET	English
Majken	MIE-ken (Swedish)	Danish, Swedish
Yilmaz	yil-MAHZ	Turkish