to not get a benefit that someone else is getting
"Always seemed funny that gold deposits were so easy to lose out here.
If my father didn't have any children, she'd lose out on a second chance.
If we don’t act quickly, we’ll lose out to another company.
The ones who lose out in this deal, as per usual, are the poor.
The proposal is likely to be opposed by the four countries which could lose out.
`Suppose one had a rich wife and didn't want to lose out through divorce?
loses out
losing out
lost out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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