💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lose out"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lose groundverb | (idiomatic) To suffer loss or disadvantage; to experience a setback. |
| come off second bestverb | To be defeated in competition; be on the losing side. |
| disadvantagenoun | A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback. |
| loseverb | (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability. |
| edge outverb | (idiomatic) To defeat in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory. |
| trailnoun | The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky. |
| handicapnoun | Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders. |
| weigh againstverb | (idiomatic) To be disadvantageous to someone. |
| drop behindverb | (transitive or intransitive) To suddenly do worse than others; to become out-of-date or to fail to keep up with others. |
| disavailverb | To disadvantage or harm. |
| defaultnoun | (electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory |
| failverb | (intransitive) To be unsuccessful. |
| beat outverb | (US) To defeat by a narrow margin. |
| fall foulverb | (idiomatic) To be defeated or thwarted (by); to suffer (+ of) |
| nose outverb | (transitive, informal, figuratively) To find by searching. |
| go outverb | (idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment. |
| fall behindverb | (idiomatic, intransitive) To be late (for a regular event) |
| take the lverb | (slang) To take the loss: to lose a game or competition and to accept that fact; to make a mistake or to otherwise be beset with unfortunate circumstances and recognize the outcome. |
| take an lverb | Alternative form of take the l. |
| get the worst of itverb | To suffer the most as a result of a defeat; to be the most badly affected. |
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