(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability.
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Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
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1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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Douglas: I took some of the pension money out of the bank and I lost it on a horse.Nolan: Gambling with our employees' pensions?Douglas: Gambling? No. I was riding the horse. It fell out of my pocket.
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2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:
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Forest, who lost striker Kris Boyd to injury seconds before half-time, produced little after the break, with a Tyson sliced shot from 12 yards their only opportunity of note.
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2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport:
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If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.
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He lost his hearing in the explosion.
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She lost her position when the company was taken over.