v. 25B6; verb
I've lost my watch : MISLAY, misplace, be unable to find, lose track of, leave (behind), fail to keep/retain, fail to keep sight of.
he's lost a lot of blood : BE DEPRIVED OF, suffer the loss of; no longer have.
he lost his pursuers : ESCAPE FROM, evade, elude, dodge, avoid, give someone the slip, shake off, throw off, throw off the scent; leave behind, outdistance, outstrip, outrun.
their lost their way : STRAY FROM, wander from, depart from, go astray from, fail to keep to.
you've lost your opportunity : NEGLECT, waste, squander, fail to grasp, fail to take advantage of, let pass, miss, forfeit; informal pass up, lose out on.
they always lose at football : BE DEFEATED, be beaten, suffer defeat, be the loser, be conquered, be vanquished, be trounced, be worsted; informal come a cropper, go down, take a licking, be bested.
find, regain, seize, win.
25A0; lose out BE DEPRIVED OF AN OPPORTUNITY, fail to benefit, be disadvantaged, be the loser.
25A0; lose out on BE UNABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, fail to benefit from; informal miss out on.
25A0; lose out to BE DEFEATED BY, be beaten by, suffer defeat at the hands of, lose to, be conquered by, be vanquished by, be trounced by, be worsted by, be beaten into second place by; informal go down to, be bested by.