lose it

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lose it

to become very angry. He was afraid he was going to lose it, so he cut the meeting short.

Related vocabulary: lose your/its grip

See also: lose

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Thus to cause France to lose Milan the first time it was enough for the Duke Lodovico[*] to raise insurrections on the borders; but to cause him to lose it a second time it was necessary to bring the whole world against him, and that his armies should be defeated and driven out of Italy; which followed from the causes above mentioned. The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context I shouldn't like to lose it at all--because they'd have to give me another, and it would be almost certain to be an ugly one. Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Lewis View in context " exclaimed Mordaunt, "thank you; my life is always at your service, and should I lose it I should still owe you something; thank you; you have indeed repaid me munificently for my services. Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context More results

References in classic literature

Thus to cause France to lose Milan the first time it was enough for the Duke Lodovico[*] to raise insurrections on the borders; but to cause him to lose it a second time it was necessary to bring the whole world against him, and that his armies should be defeated and driven out of Italy; which followed from the causes above mentioned.

The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context

I shouldn't like to lose it at all--because they'd have to give me another, and it would be almost certain to be an ugly one.

Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Lewis View in context

" exclaimed Mordaunt, "thank you; my life is always at your service, and should I lose it I should still owe you something; thank you; you have indeed repaid me munificently for my services.

Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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