Lose meaning in English

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Definition

to lose (one's keys, a tennis match): to be unable to find, to no longer have (one's keys); not to win (a tennis match) verb

This is an irregular verb:
I lose / I lost / I have lost
I am lost (in this big city!): I can't find my way, I don't know where I am (in this big city!) idiom

UK: You lose everytime we play tennis.
US: And last week I lost my job.

Examples

  • "The press will soon lose interest in this story."
  • "LOST DOG!"
  • "Since our departure from San Francisco, we have traveled through four time zones, suffered one flat tire, lost six passengers and gained eight other passengers."
  • "PS: I've also lost my sense of smell again."
  • "Jean : I am lost."
  • "The duel was lost after one bite"
  • "Ok, keep the head, lose the body."
  • "As you all know, we recently lost our CEO Bruno Delavigne, and shortly afterwards our interim CEO Susan Bliss, who ran off with Bruno after a very interesting wedding in London."
  • "The balloon lost radio contact with airport personnel some time after 7:00 am, said air traffic controllers at the Napa Valley Hot Air Center."
  • "Are you a little bit lost again, 12?"
  • "Edward Marley : Well, you could lose your health, you could lose your soul, you could lose your reputation, you could lose your trousers, you could lose your fortune..."
  • "My dream keeps on taking me back to that fateful day many years ago when I collided with the Kalvin Krime truck and lost my faculty to smell."
  • "Edward : I've lost my job"
  • "Don't get lost, you silly little thing."
  • "Don't lose your job to begin with!"
  • "I have finished my tour of the company and it is worse than I thought: not only has Delavigne become a faceless, money-grabbing corporation, but it has also lost its "music"!"
  • "Not only did I lose the deal, but Stink ruined my favorite pair of pants."
  • "I'm lost!"
  • "You say that you lost your job to a camel?"

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