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- we searched all over the house for the lost keys
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lost
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of lost (Entry 2 of 2)
- 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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- flourished,
- prospered,
- succeeded,
- thrived
- (or throve)
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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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- cashiered,
- cast (off),
- chucked,
- deep-sixed,
- discarded,
- ditched,
- dumped,
- eighty-sixed
- (or 86'd),
- exorcised
- (also exorcized),
- flung (off or away),
- jettisoned,
- junked,
- laid by,
- pitched,
- rejected,
- scrapped,
- shed,
- shucked (off),
- sloughed (off)
- also sluffed (off),
- threw away,
- threw out,
- tossed,
- unloaded
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- we lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys
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“Lost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lost. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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