lose out

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lose out
verbo intransitivo
1salir perdiendo (to en beneficio de)
  • to l out on something -> salir perdiendo en algo

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lose out
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
salir perdiendo
After five years of such policies the rich have prospered; the poor and the unemployed have lost out FAMILIES of heroes killed or injured in the war are losing out because the charity fund set up to help them is being scandalously run to lose out [on] sth we are losing out [on] sales to other countries
you've never been in love? don't you think you've lost out on something? ¿nunca has estado enamorada? ¿no piensas que te has perdido algo?
to lose out [to] sth/sb Lisa Stansfield has lost out to Demi Moore in a battle to play opposite Robert Redford in a blockbuster movie
in the long run CD-ROMs may lose out to cable television a largo plazo, es posible que los CD-ROMs vayan perdiendo mercado frente a la televisión por cable
Lockheed Corporation made a joint bid that lost out to a French-owned company

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