lose out - Longman Dictionary

lose out phrasal verb ; GETto not get something good, valuable etc because someone else gets it instead ... loseoutFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishloseoutphrasalverbGETtonotgetsomethinggood,valuableetcbecausesomeoneelsegetsitinstead  Thedealwillensurethatshareholdersdonotloseoutfinancially.to  HelostouttoRoyScheiderfortheleadrole.on  Workerswhodon’ttakeuptrainingmayloseoutonpromotion.→lose→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpusloseout•It'ssimple--unlessyoumakeaneffortyou'regoingtoloseout.•Timeandtimeagain,womenseemtoloseoutonpromotionsandcareeropportunities.•IntheendwelostouttoaFrenchcompanybecausetheycoulddothejobcheaper.loseto•AndrewfirstlostouttoDawein1989,whenhewasdroppedafterthesemi-finalvictoryoverWarwickshire.•TierneywasnominatedfortheOscar,butlostouttoJoanCrawford.•EnidBlytonhaslostouttoNintendo.•ObliviousshouldnothavetackedheresincehelosesouttoSmart.•InthenightwithalightfairwindwehadagainlostouttotheBlackStream.•Withoutdecision-supportsystems,firmswillloseouttotheircompetitors.FromLongmanBusinessDictionaryloseoutphrasalverb[intransitive]tonotgetsomethinggood,whensomeoneelsedoesgetitAnothergroupwhowillloseoutwillbethoseonlowincomes.onBritishindustryriskslosingoutonbusinessopportunities.toCompaniesthatdonotplaceapriorityoncustomerservicewillloseouttothosethatdo.→lose→SeeVerbtable Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Family Society Businessbasics Power Seealltopics Wordoftheday ridicule unkindlaughterorremarksthatareintendedtomakesomeoneorsomethingseemstupid VerbtablelosePresentI,you,we,theylosehe,she,itloses >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theylostPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavelosthe,she,ithaslostPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadlostFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillloseFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavelost >ViewLess PresentIamlosinghe,she,itislosing >ViewMore you,we,theyarelosingPastI,he,she,itwaslosingyou,we,theywerelosingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeenlosinghe,she,ithasbeenlosingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeenlosingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbelosingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeenlosing >ViewLess