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Phrase(s): lose to someone or something
to be defeated by someone or something. • I lost to Wendy in the sales contest. • Our team lost to the Adamsville Raiders for the seventh year in a row., Phrase(s): lose something to someone
to yield or give up something in defeat to someone. • We lost the case to the opposing lawyers. • Mary lost her title to last year’s runner-up.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs