lost it

Example Sentences

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JW: I don’t get starstruck that often, but with Stevie Wonder, I just lost it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

It was a thick case, and the airlines lost it.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

Bolivia used to have a coast but lost it in a war with Chile in the late 19th century.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Losing a game is already very hard, especially in the way we lost it, but again - as it seems to be - losing a player is something we've had so many times this season.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

By 2003 he knew that the borrowers had already lost it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis