lose out

verb

lost out; losing out; loses out

intransitive verb

: to fail to win in competition : fail to receive an expected reward or gain

Examples of lose out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There was nothing gained but nothing lost with adding Northwestern kicker Jack Olsen, who lost out to Weinberg in the kicking battle. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

Workers also risk losing out on other non-cash compensation like company equity. — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026

The Acer laptop came in third place on each of the other four 3DMark tests, beating the OmniBook X Flip 14 and the ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 11 Aura Edition, and losing out to the Prestige 14 Flip AI+ and ProArt PX13. — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

Netflix didn’t end up owning the legendary Warner Bros lot after losing out earlier this year to David Ellison for the Burbank studio, but the streamer is still ploughing ahead to take control of Radford Studio Center in the next several months. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lose out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout