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losingverbpresent participle of lose to be unable to find or have at handI always lose my keys mislaying, misplacing forgetting, missing, overlooking, passing over enjoying, having, holding, keeping, occupying, owning, possessing, retainingdescrying, detecting, finding, locating, running down, scaring up, scouting (up), tracking (down) to fail to win, gain, or obtainif the team loses this game, they're out of the play-offs dropping forfeiting nailing (down), winning conquering, prevailing (over), triumphing (over) to undergo defeatshe really hates to lose at anything, and inevitably throws tantrums when it happens bowing out, falling falteringtanking, throwingforfeitingbombing, collapsing, cracking (up), failing, flopping, flunking, folding, foundering, missing, striking out, washing out taking the count conquering, prevailing, triumphing, winning flourishing, prospering, succeeding, thriving to get rid of as useless or unwantedwe told the recent grad to lose the flashy shirts and dress conservatively for the job interview cashiering, casting (off), chucking, deep-sixing, discarding, ditching, dumping, eighty-sixing(or 86ing), exorcising(also exorcizing), flinging (off or away), jettisoning, junking, laying by, pitching, rejecting, scrapping, shedding, shucking (off), sloughing (off)also sluffing (off), throwing away, throwing out, tossing, unloading abandoning, abdicating, deserting, forsakingdismissing, kicking outabolishing, annihilating, eliminating, eradicating, expunging, exterminating, extinguishing, extirpating, liquidating, removing, rooting (out), stamping (out), wiping out disposing of, setting aside adopting, embracing, taking onemploying, using, utilizingholding, holding back, keeping, retaining to use up carelesslywe lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys blowing, dissipating, fiddling away, frittering (away), lavishing, misspending, running through, spending, squandering, throwing away, trifling (away), wasting splurgingconsuming, depleting, exhausting, impoverishing, overspending, shootingindulging, overindulgingdisbursing, expending, laying out playing ducks and drakes with(or making ducks and drakes of) conserving economizing, scrimping, skimpingpreserving, protecting, savinghoarding, laying up in 1519 |