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Idiom loselose (yourself) (in something) to stop worrying about yourself by giving attention to something else.Out on the golf course, you can lose yourself and forget everything else in the world.You can reduce stress by losing yourself in the pages of a good book.
lose verb 1 to get rid of US, 1931. 2 to fail to understand UK, 1962. 3 (used of a computer program) to fail to work as expected US, 1983.► lose a loadto ejaculate US, 1964.► lose fire(used of a car engine) to stop operating US, 1970.► lose it1. to lose your mental focus to drugs, rhythmic sound and movement, and temporarily lose touch with the reality beyond the rave. A refined sense of 'lose it' (to temporarily lose control) UK, 1998.2. to come off your motorcycle accidentally UK, 1979.► lose the plotto lose your grasp of a situation UK, 2001.► lose waterin bodybuilding, to perspire. Done intentionally before competition in bodybuilding in order to improve muscle definition US, 1984.► lose your coolto become angry, excited, nervous, etc; to lose your self-possession US, 1984.► lose your lunchto vomit US, 1918
idiomlose► lose your cool► not lose any sleep over sthlose it1 to lose control of your behaviour because you are very angry or very nervous:"How was the assessment?" "Terrible, I lost it totally."Herman spat in Rudi's face, and he just lost it - he pushed Herman over and started kicking him.2 to stop being good at a job or activity that you used to be good at:Vernon used to be a good manager but he's lost it now; he should move on.Just when you think MTV are losing it they bring in a new program that reminds you how good they can be. —compare lose your touch phraselose[lost, lost, losing]
lose in 1. be lost in sth to be thinking about something so much that you do not pay attention to what is happening around you: Kerry was sitting in her armchair, lost in a book. a dreamy child who was lost in his own little worldlost in thought I walked slowly back to my office, lost in thought.■ SIMILAR TO: be absorbed in sth, be engrossed in sth2. lose yourself in sth to become so involved in what you are doing that you do not think about anything else: When Warren left her, she tried to lose herself in her work.
lose out
lose out to not get an advantage that someone else has, or that someone else succeeds in getting instead of you: Single people could lose out financially under the new tax system.lose out to sb (=another person, organization etc succeeds in getting something instead of you) US firms are losing out to foreign competitors, due to the high value of the dollar compared to other currencies.+ on Shell has lost out on an oil bonanza worth at least $1 billion.■ SIMILAR TO: miss out
See:- a tale never loses in the telling
- blow lunch
- blow one’s doughnuts
- blow one’s lunch
- by a short head
- fall out of favor
- get one's bearings
- give/lose ground
- have all one's buttons
- heads I win, tails you lose
- heads or tails
- it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
- keep (one's) cool
- keep (one's) temper
- keep one's cool
- keep one's head
- keep track
- keep/lose track
- keep/lose your cool
- keep/lose your temper
- Lend your money and lose your friend
- Lend your money and lose your friend.
- lose (one's) appetite
- lose (one's) bearings
- lose (one's) bottle
- lose (one's) buttons
- lose (one's) cherry
- lose (one's) cool
- lose (one's) doughnuts
- lose (one's) edge
- lose (one's) faith (in something or someone)
- lose (one's) footing
- lose (one's) grip on
- lose (one's) head
- lose (one's) heart to (someone)
- lose (one's) hold on (someone or something)
- lose (one's) hold over (someone or something)
- lose (one's) life
- lose (one's) lunch
- lose (one's) marbles
- lose (one's) mind
- lose (one's) mojo
- lose (one's) nerve
- lose (one's) patience (with someone)
- lose (one's) rag
- lose (one's) shirt
- lose (one's) spirit
- lose (one's) temper
- lose (one's) tongue
- lose (one's) train of thought
- lose (one's) v-card
- lose (one's)/the way
- lose (some amount of) time
- lose (someone's or something's) grip
- lose a bundle
- lose a packet
- lose all one’s marbles
- lose appetite
- lose at
- lose at (something)
- lose by
- lose contact (with one)
- lose contact with
- lose cool
- lose count
- lose count (of something)
- lose count of
- lose face
- lose face, to
- lose favor
- lose favor (with one)
- lose ground
- lose ground to (someone or something)
- lose head
- lose heart
- lose heart to
- lose hold on
- lose in
- lose it
- lose it, to
- lose marbles
- lose money hand over fist
- lose money on
- lose money on (something)
- lose no time (in) (doing something)
- lose one’s cool
- lose one’s doughnuts
- lose one’s grip
- lose one’s hold
- lose one’s lunch
- lose one’s marbles
- lose one’s shirt
- lose one's bearings
- lose one's buttons
- lose one's cool
- lose one's grip
- lose one's head
- lose one's head, to
- lose one's hear to
- lose one's lunch
- lose one's marbles
- lose one's mind
- lose one's nerve
- lose one's shirt
- lose one's shirt, to
- lose one's temper
- lose one's touch
- lose oneself in
- lose out
- lose out on
- lose out on (something)
- lose out to
- lose out to (someone or something)
- lose patience
- lose patience (with one)
- lose reason
- lose shirt
- lose sight of
- lose sight of (someone or something)
- lose sight of something
- lose sleep
- lose sleep over
- lose sleep over (someone or something)
- lose sleep over, to
- lose some amount of time
- lose somebody/something in the shuffle
- lose temper
- lose the battle, but win the war
- lose the drift (of something)
- lose the drift/thread of something
- lose the number of (one's) mess
- lose the plot
- lose the thread
- lose the use of
- lose the use of (something)
- lose time
- lose to
- lose to (someone or something)
- lose tongue
- lose touch
- lose touch with reality
- lose touch with sanity
- lose touch/contact
- lose trace of
- lose trace of (someone or something)
- lose track
- lose track of (someone or something)
- lose track of something/someone
- lose train of thought
- lose your bearings
- lose your cherry
- lose your cool
- lose your edge
- lose your grip
- lose your head
- lose your heart
- lose your life
- lose your lunch
- lose your marbles
- lose your mind
- lose your mojo
- lose your rag
- lose your shirt
- lose your touch
- lose your way
- lose/waste no time
- make a packet
- make money hand over fist
- make, lose, spend, etc. a packet
- make/lose money hand over fist
- miss out
- no time to lose
- not lose (any) sleep (over someone or something)
- not lose any sleep over somebody/something
- not lose any sleep over something
- stand to lose
- stand to lose (something)
- tale never loses in the telling
- there's no time to lose
- use it or lose it
- what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts
- Win a few, lose a few
- win or lose
- win some, lose some
- win some, lose some, (you)
- win the battle, but lose the war
- win, lose, etc. by a short head
- You cannot lose what you never had
- You must lose a fly to catch a trout
- you snooze, you lose
- You win some, you lose some
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