win or lose

English

Phrase

win or lose

1. Regardless of success or failure.

Related terms

• heads I win, tails you lose
• lose-lose
• win-win
• you win some, you lose some

See also

• boom or bust
• sink or swim

Further reading

• “win or lose”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “win or lose” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “win or lose”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.