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present tense third-person singular of lose
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1
to be unable to find or have at hand
- I always lose my keys
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2
to fail to win, gain, or obtain
- if the team loses this game, they're out of the play-offs
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3
to undergo defeat
- she really hates to lose at anything, and inevitably throws tantrums when it happens
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4
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- we told the recent grad to lose the flashy shirts and dress conservatively for the job interview
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- cashiers,
- casts (off),
- chucks,
- deep-sixes,
- discards,
- ditches,
- dumps,
- eighty-sixes
- (or 86es),
- exorcises
- (also exorcizes),
- flings (off or away),
- jettisons,
- junks,
- lays by,
- pitches,
- rejects,
- scraps,
- sheds,
- shucks (off),
- sloughs (off)
- also sluffs (off),
- throws away,
- throws out,
- tosses,
- unloads
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5
to use up carelessly
- we lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys
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