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lose - fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" |
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win be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"
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go down be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"
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drop give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"
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remain down,
take the count be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten
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drop one's serve lose a game in which one is serving
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lose - 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" |
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profit,
turn a profit make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger"
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break even attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport
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lose - miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!" |
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find,
regain come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
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forget,
leave be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
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lose - 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" |
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hold on,
keep stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"
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white-out,
whiteout lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
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sleep off get rid of by sleeping; "sleep off a hangover"
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lose - 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" |
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suffer feel pain or be in pain
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lose - fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" |
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acquire,
gain,
win win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
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lose - allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" |