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losing lines

losing lines is the plural of losing line.

Meaning of losing line

Noun

losing line (plural losing lines)

  1. Synonym of losing streak (“uninterrupted series of losses”).
    • "I wish you two men would give me the tip for beating this purgatorial image," he grumbled as they came up. "I thought that he'd struck a losing line after your experience and this is the result." He indicated the spectacle of their amiable host folding up his I.O.U. preparatory to dropping it...1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    losing streak

Questions about losing lines

What is losing lines the plural of?
Losing lines is the plural of losing line.

Words near losing lines in the dictionary

  1. losing hazard
  2. losing hazards
  3. losing heart
  4. losing it
  5. losing line
  6. losing lines
  7. losing no time
  8. losing one's balance
  9. losing one's battle
  10. losing one's bearings
  11. losing one's bottle

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