Collocations for "lose"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "lose" in context.
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lose
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- lose your [keys, phone, purse, wallet]
- lose your [self-esteem, self-confidence]
- lose control of your [emotions, feelings]
- lose weight
- lost the [game, match]
- lose your [job, home, savings]
- lose your virginity
- lost the [opportunity, ability] to
- lose money on [an investment, your house]
- lose money at the [casino, races]
- lose the [war, battle]
- lose yourself in the [music, movie, book]
- lose track of the [movie, time]
- lost my [mother, husband] [last year]
- lost her to [cancer, HIV]
- lose your [temper, mind, head, marbles]
- have you lost your mind?
- losing the will to live
- will (probably) lose
- could, would, might] lose everything
- offensive, slang: I lost my sh*t (with her)
- (just) lost out on [victory, a medal]
- lost out to her [rival, opponent]
- lost (enough) time [queueing, waiting, holding]
'lose' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
afford
- apparently
- appetite
- argue
- bet
- bound
- careless
- control
- cool
- data
- diet
- diversion
- excess
- exercise
- experience
- fast
- fat
- fear
- fist
- forfeit
- good
- gown
- gut
- head
- hearing
- luck
- milk
- momentum
- negative
- pound
- predict
- privilege
- puppy
- pursuit
- result
- right
- ruin
- running
- scared
- set
- shame
- slip
- spare
- sparkle
- stand
- stone
- strive
- struggle
- temper
- tennis