LOSE

Fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

Example: "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

• white-out
• whiteout  14
• sleep off

• keep  10

Fail to win

Example: "We lost the battle but we won the war"

• go down
• drop  7
• remain down
• take the count
• • drop one's serve
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• win  6

Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

Example: "She lost her husband in the war"

Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

Example: "I've lost my glasses again!"

• forget  10
• leave  8

• find  8

Allow to go out of sight or mind

Example: "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"

Fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

Example: "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"

• turn a loss

• profit  11
• break even

Fail to get or obtain

Example: "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"

• mislay  11
• misplace  14

• win  6

Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

Example: "I missed that remark"

• miss  6

• overlook  15

Withdraw, as from reality

Example: "He lost himslef in his music"

Be set at a disadvantage

Example: "This author really suffers in translation"

• suffer  12