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lose one's battle

lose one's battle noun: to succumb to a serious illness.

Noun

lose one's battle (third-person singular simple present loses one's battle, present participle losing one's battle, simple past and past participle lost one's battle)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To succumb to a serious illness.

Forms of lose one's battle

third-person singular presentloses one's battle
present participlelosing one's battle
past participlelost one's battle
pastlost one's battle

Questions about lose one's battle

What does lose one's battle mean?
Lose one's battle means to succumb to a serious illness.
What part of speech is lose one's battle?
Lose one's battle is a noun.

Words near lose one's battle in the dictionary

  1. lose her head
  2. lose his head
  3. lose it
  4. lose no time
  5. lose one's balance
  6. lose one's battle
  7. lose one's bearings
  8. lose one's bottle
  9. lose one's cookies
  10. lose one's cool
  11. lose one's head

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