Lost
Off course
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Super Mario Kart was the first game to use the coin system that lets you speed up the more coins you had on you and lost coins every time you were hit or fell off course.
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The premiere episode of Lost in Space, "The Reluctant Stowaway", featured the Jupiter 2 being pummeled by asteroids as it drifted off course into the belt.
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Even if some benevolent aliens pointed them in the right direction, Alexandra would inevitably accidentally bump into something, throwing them off course (which is how they got lost in space in the first place).
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Off course and Lost. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lost/off_course
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Off course or Lost. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lost/off_course.
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