lose out en · VERB
Meanings
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To be at a disadvantage.
I think you will lose out on the exchange rate if you move to dollars now.
People who do not speak a second language find that they lose out when looking for a job.
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(with 'to') To be defeated (by).
I went for a job interview, but I lost out to a younger guy.
Chelsea had two players sent off and lost out to a Heidar Helguson penalty in a heated west London derby.
2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:The Western Region learned that it was to lose out on new stock deliveries, inheriting instead 110 part-second-hand dual-heated Mk 2a vehicles from the Eastern Region.
2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| losing out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lost out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lost out | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| loses out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
gl desperdiciar (to be in a losing or disadvantageous position) · cmn 錯過 /错过 (to be in a losing or disadvantageous position) · es desaprovechar (to be in a losing or disadvantageous position) · gl perder (to be in a losing or disadvantageous position) · lt praleisti (to be in a losing or disadvantageous position) · de etwas verpassen (to be in a losing or disadvantageous position) · fr rater (to be in a losing or disadvantageous position) · nn gå glipp av (to be in a losing or disadvantageous position) · gl desaproveitar (to be in a losing or disadvantageous position)