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101lose one's shirt — {v. phr.}, {slang} To lose all or most of your money. * /Uncle Joe spent his life savings to buy a store, but it failed, and he lost his shirt./ * /Mr. Matthews lost his shirt betting on the horses./ …
102lose one's shirt — {v. phr.}, {slang} To lose all or most of your money. * /Uncle Joe spent his life savings to buy a store, but it failed, and he lost his shirt./ * /Mr. Matthews lost his shirt betting on the horses./ …
103lose face — ► to lose the respect of other people because of something you have done: »Both companies are denying responsibility for the crisis, as neither wants to lose face. → See also LOSS(Cf. ↑loss) Main Entry: ↑lose …
104lose out — meaning ‘to be unsuccessful’, is recorded in AmE from the mid 19c and is now common in BrE as well. It has various shades of meaning, and is not simply a synonym for lose. Followed by on, it means ‘not to get a fair chance in’: • Like most birds… …
105lose face — Ⅰ. ► lose (or save) face incur (or avoid) humiliation. Main Entry: ↑face Ⅱ. ► lose face lose one s credibility. Main Entry: ↑lose …
106lose contact — lose touch/contact/(with someone) phrase to not know where someone is or what they are doing because you have not talked to or communicated with them for a long time If you’ve lost touch with a friend or neighbour we can help you find them.… …
107lose your heart — (to someone) literary phrase to start to love someone Thesaurus: to love or like a personsynonym Main entry: heart * * * lose your heart : to fall in love with someone He met a beautiful woman and lost his …
108lose your rag — british informal phrase to get very angry Get up now, before I really lose my rag! Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry: lose * * * ˌlose your ˈrag f16 …
109lose yourself in something — phrase to be so interested in something that you do not notice what is happening around you She likes nothing better than to lose herself in a book. Thesaurus: to pay attentionsynonym Main entry: lose * * * ˈlose yourself in sth derived …
110lose sleep over — see ↑sleep, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑lose lose sleep over : to worry about (something) so much that you cannot sleep usually used in negative statements I m disappointed about their decision, but I m not losing any sleep over it. I wouldn t lose… …
