LOSE, LOSING
NOUNS
1000 ► LURE loss, either the action or process of losing, or what is lost; destruction, perdition → obs.
1300 ► TINSEL the losing of something, or the sustaining of harm, damage, or detriment; loss → obs.
1362 ► LEESING losing, loss → obs.
1375 ► TINING the act of losing; loss → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1460 ► LOSERY a losing; opportunity or chance of losing → obs.
1999 ► RUN OF OUTS a losing streak → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1200 ► LET to lose one’s life, virtue, honour, etc. → obs.
1205 ► LEESE to lose; to be deprived of; to cease to possess → obs.
1250 ► TINE to fail to gain, attain or win; to lose the battle, to be defeated → chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1300 ► TINE to lose; to suffer deprivation of; to cease to have or enjoy → chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1480 ► WANT to be deprived of, to lose → obs.
..E16 ► AMIT to lose → obs.
1647 ► BRUSH AWAY to lose → US
1788 ► LOSE ONE’S ASS to lose all one has, as in gambling; to lose one’s position; to lose everything → sl.
1891 ► CRAP OUT to be unsuccessful, to lose out, to lose; to fail → US sl.
1892 ► LOSE ONE’S SHIRT to lose all one’s possessions, esp. by gambling or speculation
1900 ► FALL THROUGH to lose, to come short of → Sc. (Bk.)
1902 ► LOSE BY A NECK to lose by next to nothing → sl. (Bk.)
1903 ► GO SOUTH to lose, to be defeated or incapacitated; to be beaten → Amer. dial.
1905 ► MISLOOK to overlook; to miss in searching; to mislay, to lose temporarily → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAM to lose by throwing a thing beyond reach → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1923 ► DUFF to lose a competition deliberately → obs.
1923 ► MISPUT to lose, to mislay, to misplace; to mislead → Amer. dial.
1930 ► TAKE A BATH to lose or suffer badly, esp. in business, sport, or gambling → sl.
1930 ► TAKE A BEATING to lose or suffer badly, esp. in business, sport, or gambling → sl.
1938 ► POHO to lose, to suffer loss or damage → Hawaii
1940 ► TAKE IT ON THE NUT to lose → US criminals’ sl.
1940 ► TAP OUT to lose all one’s money, esp. in a gambling game → US gambling sl.
1950 ► GUTSER to be beaten or overcome; to lose → sl.
1964 ► TAKE HEAVIES to lose out → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► TAKE THE PIPE to do very badly; to lose → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► TAKE AN L to lose a game → US sl.
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