lose sleep
Verb
Meaning
lose sleep (third-person singular simple present loses sleep, present participle losing sleep, simple past and past participle lost sleep)
(often with over) To worry.
I won't be losing sleep over the national budget deficit.
Synonyms
Examples
No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?
Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
Don't lose sleep over things you cannot change! Wash away guilt - it's not worth it.
I lose sleep at night wondering whether we are intelligent enough to figure out the universe. I don't know.
When I'm doing something I love, I can lose sleep. I can go and go and go and go. My work ethic is pretty intense. But when it comes to doing something that I don't love every day, I'm not very good at it. That's called work, and I don't like work that much.