What's a good opposite of "keep track"?

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00:00 What'S A Good Opposite Of &Quot;Keep Track&Quot;?
00:23 Answer 1 Score 8
00:33 Accepted Answer Score 19
00:52 Answer 3 Score 4
01:16 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 19

Actually, lose track of is quite a common phrase:

to lose contact with someone; to forget where something is. I lost track of all my friends from high school. Tom has lost track of his glasses again.

ANSWER 2

Score 8

Yes, you can say 'lose track'. It doesn't sound funny.

ANSWER 3

Score 4

"Lose track" is perfectly acceptable, in the sense of misplacing or losing contact information or forgetting what you meant to be doing, but in the sense of "something happened and [you] lost [a thought]", you might rather say you were distracted by other thoughts, or sidetracked by other activities.

A colloquial phrase for being lost track of is "dropping off the radar". [See my Update 1 comment]