Summer says “Je l'ai pourchassé à travers la passerelle mais then je l'ai perdu ici dans la rue.” What does perdu mean?

In French, “perdu” means “lost” in this sentence. Summer says she chased him across the walkway, but then “I lost him here in the street.” “Followed” would mean “suivi,” not “perdu.”

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