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loseverb to be unable to find or have at handI always lose my keys mislay, misplace forget, miss, overlook, pass over enjoy, have, hold, keep, occupy, own, possess, retaindescry, detect, find, locate, run down, scare up, scout (up), track (down) to fail to win, gain, or obtainif the team loses this game, they're out of the play-offs drop forfeit nail (down), win conquer, prevail (over), triumph (over) to undergo defeatshe really hates to lose at anything, and inevitably throws tantrums when it happens bow out, fall faltertank, throwforfeitbomb, collapse, crack (up), fail, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, wash out take the count conquer, prevail, triumph, win flourish, prosper, succeed, thrive to get rid of as useless or unwantedwe told the recent grad to lose the flashy shirts and dress conservatively for the job interview 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 abandon, abdicate, desert, forsakedismiss, kick outabolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out dispose of, set aside adopt, embrace, take onemploy, use, utilizehold, hold back, keep, retain to use up carelesslywe lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys blow, dissipate, fiddle away, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle (away), waste splurgeconsume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shootindulge, overindulgedisburse, expend, lay out play ducks and drakes with(or make ducks and drakes of) conserve economize, scrimp, skimppreserve, protect, savehoard, lay up before the 12th century |