lose it
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Bill Kober, from Woodbridge, Suffolk, does 20 press-ups each morning and 20 at night - explaining that he believes "if you don't use it, you lose it".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
We just do the best we can, and if we lose it, we lose it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
He returned with a black bracelet and told me not to lose it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Instead of gaining fat, these individuals actually lose it.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2026
“Are you ready?! I can’t hear you! Let me hear you make some noise!’’People would start screaming, and Hitler would jump into the middle of the semicircle and the crowd would lose it.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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