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See definition of lose out on Dictionary.com
  • as infail
  • as inlose
  • as inmiscarry

synonyms for lose out

  • break down
  • decline
  • fall
  • abort
  • backslide
  • blunder
  • deteriorate
  • fizzle
  • flop
  • flounder
  • fold
  • founder
  • miscarry
  • miss
  • slip
  • back wrong horse
  • be defeated
  • be demoted
  • be found lacking
  • be in vain
  • be ruined
  • come to naught
  • come to nothing
  • fall flat
  • fall short
  • fall through
  • go astray
  • go down
  • go down swinging
  • go downhill
  • go up in smoke
  • go wrong
  • hit bottom
  • hit the skids
  • lose control
  • lose status
  • meet with disaster
  • miss the boat
  • play into
  • run aground
  • turn out badly

antonyms for lose out

MOST RELEVANT
  • ascend
  • go up
  • rise
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • build
  • correct
  • develop
  • do well
  • succeed
  • capture
  • complete
  • deliver
  • earn
  • finish
  • gain
  • merit
  • obtain
  • procure
  • prosper
  • reach
  • win
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How to use lose out in a sentence

And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM
"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
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