lose out
21lose out on — BE UNABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, fail to benefit from; informal miss out on. → lose …
22lose out to — BE DEFEATED BY, be beaten by, suffer defeat at the hands of, lose to, be conquered by, be vanquished by, be trounced by, be worsted by, be beaten into second place by; informal go down to, be bested by. → lose …
23lose out — be disadvantaged. → lose …
24lose out on — the town has lost out on a tourist opportunity Syn: be unable to take advantage of, fail to benefit from; informal miss out on …
25lose out — /ˌlu:z aυt/ verb to suffer as a result of something ● The company has lost out in the rush to make cheap computers. ● We lost out to a Japanese company who put in a lower tender for the job …
26lose out — fail to win, miss first place in a contest He lost out on a chance to go to Mexico City because he was too busy with other things …
27lose out — intransitive verb Date: circa 1858 to fail to win in competition ; fail to receive an expected reward or gain …
28lose — W1S1 [lu:z] v past tense and past participle lost [lɔst US lo:st] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stop having attitude/quality etc)¦ 2¦(not win)¦ 3¦(cannot find something)¦ 4¦(stop having something)¦ 5¦(death)¦ 6¦(money)¦ 7 have nothing to lose 8¦(time)¦ …
29lose — [luːz] verb lost PTandPP [lɒst ǁ lɒːst] losing PRESPART [transitive] 1. to stop having something any more, or to have less of it: • The industry has lost 60,000 jobs. • After a boardroom battle, Dixon lost control of the company …
30lose — [ luz ] (past tense and past participle lost [ lɔst ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop having something ▸ 2 be unable to find ▸ 3 not win ▸ 4 have less than before ▸ 5 when someone dies ▸ 6 no longer see/hear etc. ▸ 7 not have body part ▸ 8 stop having… …
