lose one's grip , also: lose one's hold

Wouldn't make him look like he had lost his grip.

The California team built up a big lead at the start of the final and never lost its grip.

I sort of lost my grip there for a moment.

But it did not stop - and she finally lost her grip.

The two men who held him began to lose their grip.

It was death to the man that lost his grip.

The white one was the first to lose his grip.

But in the next moment, she lost her grip and fell the rest of the way.

He nearly lost his grip on the edge of the table.

Somewhere along the line he had lost his grip on things.