Collocations for lose - verb
1. not keep
VERB + lose
be about to,
be going to,
be likely to,
stand to
The company stands to lose if this deal falls through.
The company stands to lose if this deal falls through.
have little to,
have nothing to
You have nothing to lose by telling the truth.
You have nothing to lose by telling the truth.
hate to,
not bear to,
not like to,
not want to
cannot afford to
We could not afford to lose any more senior members of staff.
cannot afford to
We could not afford to lose any more senior members of staff.
begin to
2. be defeated
VERB + lose
hate to,
not bear to,
not like to,
not want to
cannot afford to
This was a game that Lazio could not afford to lose.
cannot afford to
This was a game that Lazio could not afford to lose.
not intend to
(not) deserve to
be expected to
(not) deserve to
be expected to
PREPOSITION
against
We lost against Albyn College.
We lost against Albyn College.
by
We lost by five goals to two.
We lost by five goals to two.
to
There was really no shame in losing to Norton at that stage of his career.
There was really no shame in losing to Norton at that stage of his career.
lose out - PHRASAL VERB
ADVERB
financially
PREPOSITION
on
Many of the canal children were constantly on the move, and lost out on regular schooling.
Many of the canal children were constantly on the move, and lost out on regular schooling.
to
Our company lost out to one that could offer a lower price.
Our company lost out to one that could offer a lower price.
Lose is used with these nouns as the subject:
party, team, watch
party, team, watch
Lose is used with these nouns as the object:
ability, accent, admiration, ally, altitude, appeal, appetite, argument, aura, baby, balance, ball, battle, bearing, belief, belongings, benefit, bet, bid, blood, business, button, capability, capacity, case, championship, chance, character, charm, child, childhood, circulation, citizenship, clarity, coherence, colour, command, competition, composure, concentration, confidence, connotation, consciousness, contact, contest, contract, control, count, coverage, credibility, crown, cup, custody, customer, debate, deposit, dignity, dispute, driving licence, edge, effectiveness, efficiency, election, electricity, empire, employment, enthusiasm, erection, essence, esteem, exemption, eyesight, faculty, faith, fat, father, favour, feeling, fervour, fight, figure, flavour, fluid, focus, foothold, footing, fortune, franchise, freedom, friend, friendship, funding, gamble, game, gloss, goodwill, grip, habitat, hair, hearing, heat, height, heritage, hold, hope, hour, husband, identity, illusion, immunity, impact, impetus, independence, individuality, influence, inheritance, inhibition, initiative, innocence, integrity, interest, job, knack, kudos, lead, leg, liberty, licence, life, limb, link, livelihood, look, luggage, magic, majority, mark, market, match, meaning, memory, mind, moisture, momentum, money, monopoly, motivation, mystery, nationality, needle, nerve, office, opportunity, patience, pension, perspective, place, point, poise, popularity, possession, potency, power, prestige, productivity, race, rally, reason, relative, relevance, reputation, respect, revenue, rhythm, right, round, sale, sanity, saving, scent, seat, self-confidence, self-control, self-respect, semblance, seniority, sensation, sense, series, set, shape, share, shyness, sight, sleep, soul, spark, sparkle, speed, splendour, status, strength, struggle, subsidy, suit, support, supremacy, sympathy, taste, temper, tender, territory, thread, throne, time, title, tooth, toss, touch, trade, trail, train, trust, use, usefulness, vestige, virginity, vision, vitality, voice, vote, wallet, war, way, wealth, weight, will, work, zest
ability, accent, admiration, ally, altitude, appeal, appetite, argument, aura, baby, balance, ball, battle, bearing, belief, belongings, benefit, bet, bid, blood, business, button, capability, capacity, case, championship, chance, character, charm, child, childhood, circulation, citizenship, clarity, coherence, colour, command, competition, composure, concentration, confidence, connotation, consciousness, contact, contest, contract, control, count, coverage, credibility, crown, cup, custody, customer, debate, deposit, dignity, dispute, driving licence, edge, effectiveness, efficiency, election, electricity, empire, employment, enthusiasm, erection, essence, esteem, exemption, eyesight, faculty, faith, fat, father, favour, feeling, fervour, fight, figure, flavour, fluid, focus, foothold, footing, fortune, franchise, freedom, friend, friendship, funding, gamble, game, gloss, goodwill, grip, habitat, hair, hearing, heat, height, heritage, hold, hope, hour, husband, identity, illusion, immunity, impact, impetus, independence, individuality, influence, inheritance, inhibition, initiative, innocence, integrity, interest, job, knack, kudos, lead, leg, liberty, licence, life, limb, link, livelihood, look, luggage, magic, majority, mark, market, match, meaning, memory, mind, moisture, momentum, money, monopoly, motivation, mystery, nationality, needle, nerve, office, opportunity, patience, pension, perspective, place, point, poise, popularity, possession, potency, power, prestige, productivity, race, rally, reason, relative, relevance, reputation, respect, revenue, rhythm, right, round, sale, sanity, saving, scent, seat, self-confidence, self-control, self-respect, semblance, seniority, sensation, sense, series, set, shape, share, shyness, sight, sleep, soul, spark, sparkle, speed, splendour, status, strength, struggle, subsidy, suit, support, supremacy, sympathy, taste, temper, tender, territory, thread, throne, time, title, tooth, toss, touch, trade, trail, train, trust, use, usefulness, vestige, virginity, vision, vitality, voice, vote, wallet, war, way, wealth, weight, will, work, zest