lose big

President Obama, for example, saw his party lose big in the 2010 congressional elections but still won his own reelection two years later.

Ford chose to cut planned production in half rather than lose big money on drastic price cuts.

Mitchell no doubt understands that, if he put any of his preferred policies up for a vote, his views would lose big time.

The team will either win big or lose big.

France and his colleagues hope that their results could help uncover why some planets lose big chunks of their atmosphere, while others remain mostly unchanged.