make one lose one’s bearings

make Verb

— If you make something, you create it. He made pancakes by combining the ingredients and frying the mixture. They made a petition to the governor. — If you make your bed, you arrange it. Félix makes his bed every morning.

one Determinative

— (ordinal first) The number 1. We have one nose and one mouth.

one Noun

— The number 1. One is the smallest whole number.

one Pronoun

— One is a singular pronoun which means "someone" or "people". It is used more often in formal writing. It is easy to see the difference if one looks closely enough.

lose Verb

— When you lose something, you don't know where it is. The boy lost his book some place between home and school. The man has lost his keys and was locked out of the house. — In games, you lose when others do better than you. He lost the card game because he didn't know the rules.

bearing

— noun dignified manner or conduct — noun relevant relation or interconnection those issues have no bearing on our situation — noun the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies — noun a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily — adjective (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain — noun (= charge) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield — noun (= posture) characteristic way of bearing one's body stood with good posture