lose : Idioms & Phrases

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lose it

  • verb lose control of one's emotions
    snap; break down.
    • When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely
    • When her baby died, she snapped
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lose one's temper

  • verb get very angry and fly into a rage
    hit the roof; flip one's lid; have kittens; fly off the handle; go ballistic; flip one's wig; hit the ceiling; throw a fit; blow one's stack; combust; blow up; blow a fuse; have a fit.
    • The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
    • Spam makes me go ballistic
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lose sight of

  • verb be no longer able to see
    • We lost sight of the tower as pulled out of the harbor
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lose track

  • verb fail to keep informed or aware
    • She has so many books, she just lost track and cannot find this volume
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lose weight

  • verb take off weight
    slim; melt off; slenderize; reduce; slim down; thin.
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losing streak

  • noun a streak of losses
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lost cause

  • noun a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable
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lost tribes

  • noun the ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin)
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lost-and-found

  • noun repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them
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To lose caste

  • to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.
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To lose ground

  • to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit or reputation; to decline.
  • to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage.
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To lose heart

  • to become discouraged.
  • to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers lost heart." Macaulay.
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To lose one's bearings

  • to become bewildered.
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To lose one's head

  • to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment.
    In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. Whitney.
  • to lose presence of mind.
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To lose one's heart

  • to fall in love.
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To lose one's life

  • to die.
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To lose one's mind

  • to become insane, or imbecile.
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To lose one's self

  • . (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep .
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To lose sight of

  • . (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue .
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To lose the bell

  • to be worsted in a contest. "In single fight he lost the bell." Fairfax.
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To lose the fang

  • said of a pump when the water has gone out ; hence:
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won-lost record

  • noun (sports) a record of win versus losses
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