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losing one's battle

losing one's battle is the present participle of lose one's battle.

Meaning of lose one's battle

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.

Questions about losing one's battle

What is losing one's battle the present participle of?
Losing one's battle is the present participle of lose one's battle.

Words near losing one's battle in the dictionary

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

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