| lose | | |
| lose | (v.) | fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense.; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat" |
| lose | (v.) | fail to win.; "We lost the battle but we won the war" |
| lose | (v.) | suffer the loss of a person through death or removal.; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her" |
| lose, mislay, misplace | (v.) | place (something) where one cannot find it again.; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" |
| lose | (v.) | miss from one's possessions; lose sight of.; "I've lost my glasses again!" |
| lose | (v.) | allow to go out of sight.; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" |
| lose, turn a loss | (v.) | fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit.; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year" |
| lose | (v.) | fail to get or obtain.; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" |
| drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede | (v.) | retreat. |
| lose, miss | (v.) | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind.; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said" |
| lose, suffer | (v.) | be set at a disadvantage.; "This author really suffers in translation" |
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