lose out

as inlose

as inmiscarry
as infail

Synonyms for lose out

verb be defeated

Antonyms for lose out

Word Origin & History

Old English losian "be lost, perish," from los "destruction, loss," from Proto-Germanic *lausa- (cf. Old Norse los "the breaking up of an army;" Old English forleosan "to lose, destroy," Old Frisian forliasa, Old Saxon farliosan, Middle Dutch verliesen, Old High German firliosan, German verlieren), from PIE root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart, untie, separate" (cf. Sanskrit lunati "cuts, cuts off," lavitram "sickle;" Greek lyein "to loosen, untie, slacken," lysus "a loosening;" Latin luere "to loose, release, atone for, expiate").

Replaced related leosan (a class II strong verb whose past participle loren survives in forlorn and lovelorn), from Proto-Germanic *leusanan (cf. Old High German virliosan, German verlieren, Old Frisian urliasa, Gothic fraliusan "to lose").

Transitive sense of "to part with accidentally" is from c.1200. Meaning "fail to maintain" is from mid-15c. Meaning "to be defeated" (in a game, etc.) is from 1530s. Meaning "to cause (someone) to lose his way" is from 1640s. To lose (one's) mind "become insane" is attested from c.1500. To lose out "fail" is 1858, American English. Related: Lost; losing.

Example Sentences for lose out

If you lose out on this amount on one day, make it up the next.

After while he makes us move off and we lose out all around.

By God, he would not lose out after all these years of fighting.

I don't want to lose out, for it means something to me if I win.

I been keeping an ace in the hole in case we should lose out on the appeal.

"But I'll not see her lose out," he added, with a return of the gambler's phrase.

I was in no mood to lose out on the finish after following so far, and I dashed after him.

Affairs are getting rather clouded and I am afraid we may lose out.

You think we're going to lose out, and you are trying to throw me off the scent.

If I lose out you have full authority to thrash it out in your own way.

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Synonyms for lose out

Antonyms for lose out

failed

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