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loses

verb as in escape, avoid

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Example Sentences

"Max has been enabled because nobody's stood up to him. He cannot deal with adversity, he slams his whole team and loses the plot."

From BBC

And what I was wondering is what happens when, in a traditional Iranian family, the father — who of course represents the patriarchy — what happens when he loses power, basically, and his ability to exert power.

Each year, József loses five or six of his herd to a wolf, or a bear.

From BBC

We still live in a nation where those who draw the lines, not the voters, largely determine who wins and who loses.

From Salon

On the briny side, meanwhile, water loses electrons to the electrode, generating oxygen gas.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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