lose out
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]lose out (third-person singular simple present loses out, present participle losing out, simple past and past participle lost out)
- To be at a disadvantage.
- People who do not speak a second language find that they lose out when looking for a job.
- I think you will lose out on the exchange rate if you move to dollars now.
- (with 'to') To be defeated (by).
- I went for a job interview, but I lost out to a younger guy.
- 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Chelsea had two players sent off and lost out to a Heidar Helguson penalty in a heated west London derby.
- 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:
- 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.
Usage notes
[edit]- Often lose out to another person or group.
- Often lose out on a specific benefit.
References
[edit]- “lose out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.