( informal ) to not get business, etc. that you expected or used to get because sb/sth else has taken it :
Small businesses are losing out to the large chains.
( informal ) to not get business, etc. that you expected or used to get because sb/sth else has taken it :
Small businesses are losing out to the large chains.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005