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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be defeated |
| Synonyms: | be humbled, be outdistanced, be sunk, be taken to cleaners, be the loser, be worsted, come up short, decline, drop, drop a bundle, fall, kiss goodbye, lose out, miss, succumb, suffer defeat, take a beating, take the count, take the heat, yield |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | achieve, succeed, win |
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