English English Dictionary

lose in English:

Get lost!

During the Depression in the 1930's, many wealthy people lost everything in the stock market crash.

He who hesitates is lost.

Make sure you stick together so no one gets lost.

Are you certain that you lost your book, or did you merely misplace it?

After she lost her job, she couldn't afford to feed her dogs, so she gave them away.

Nicholas Biddle began to see that the battle was lost.

I have tried every diet that has ever been published and I still haven't lost weight.

How do you console a woman who has just lost her only child?

She gets lost really easily. She's got no sense of direction.

The Nikkei Stock Average lost nearly 200 points to close yesterday at 18,000.

Since I lost a little weight, my belt got loose.

Why were 14,000 soldiers lost?

Tom lost the shopping list his mother had given him and just bought things he wanted to eat.

She hasn't come here yet. I am afraid she may have lost her way.