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- I always lose my keys
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- if the team loses this game, they're out of the play-offs
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- she really hates to lose at anything, and inevitably throws tantrums when it happens
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- we told the recent grad to lose the flashy shirts and dress conservatively for the job interview
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- cashier,
- cast (off),
- chuck,
- deep-six,
- discard,
- ditch,
- dump,
- eighty-six
- (or 86),
- exorcise
- (also exorcize),
- fling (off or away),
- jettison,
- junk,
- lay by,
- pitch,
- reject,
- scrap,
- shed,
- shuck (off),
- slough (off)
- also sluff (off),
- throw away,
- throw out,
- toss,
- unload
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- we lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys
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The first known use of lose was before the 12th century
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