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Meaning of lose out | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To be at a disadvantage.
  2. To be defeated (by).

Equivalents

Examples

“People who do not speak a second language find that they lose out when looking for a job.”
“I think you will lose out on the exchange rate if you move to dollars now.”
“I went for a job interview, but I lost out to a younger guy.”
“Chelsea had two players sent off and lost out to a Heidar Helguson penalty in a heated west London derby.”
“The Western Region learned that it was to lose out on new stock deliveries, inheriting instead 110 part-second-hand dual-heated Mk 2a vehicles from the Eastern Region.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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