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51lag — lag1 /lag/, v., lagged, lagging, n. v.i. 1. to fail to maintain a desired pace or to keep up; fall or stay behind: After five minutes of hard running, some of them began to lag. 2. to move or develop slowly, as toward a goal or objective, or in… …
52stand up — 1) after 200 years, his theory still stands up Syn: remain/be valid, be sound, be plausible, hold water, hold up, stand questioning, survive investigation, bear examination, be verifiable 2) that creep Roger stood up his blind date Syn: fail to… …
53lose — [c]/luz / (say loohz) verb (lost, losing) –verb (t) 1. to come to be without, by some chance, and not know the whereabouts of: to lose a ring. 2. to suffer the loss or deprivation of: to lose one s life. 3. to be bereaved of by death: to lose a… …
54Middle class squeeze — The middle class squeeze is the situation where increases in wages fail to keep up with inflation for middle income earners, while at the same time, the phenomenon fails to have a similar impact on the top wage earners. Persons belonging to the… …
5516 Volt — est un groupe américain de metal industriel, formé en 1991. Composition du groupe Mike Peoples : Basse Eric Powell : Chant, guitare Steve White : Guitare Jason Bazinet : Batterie Discographie 1994 : Skin …
56lose — I (be deprived of) verb amittere, be deprived of, be impoverished, be without, become poorer by, experience a loss, fail to find, fail to keep, forfeit, forget, incur a loss, meet with a loss, mislay, misplace, miss, part with, perdere, sacrifice …
57lose — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring about a loss] Syn. mislay, forget, be careless with; see misplace . 2. [To incur loss] Syn. suffer, miss, be deprived of, fail to keep, suffer loss, be reduced by, be impoverished from, become poorer by, be at a… …
58lose — I. v. a. 1. Be deprived of, fail to keep, let slip, let slip through the fingers. 2. Forfeit, fail to win, fail to obtain. 3. Waste, squander, misspend, throw away, make no use of. 4. Deprive, dispossess of. 5. Displace, dislodge, displant. 6.… …
59lose — v. (past and past part. lost) 1 tr. be deprived of or cease to have, esp. by negligence or misadventure. 2 tr. a be deprived of (a person, esp. a close relative) by death. b suffer the loss of (a baby) in childbirth. 3 tr. become unable to find;… …
60lose out — BE DEPRIVED OF AN OPPORTUNITY, fail to benefit, be disadvantaged, be the loser. → lose * * * intransitive verb : to fail to win in competition : fail to receive an expected reward or gain afraid of losing out to more unscrupulous competitors lost …
