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was someone's to lose

was someone's to lose is the simple past of be someone's to lose.

Meaning of be someone's to lose

Verb

be someone's to lose (third-person singular simple present is someone's to lose, present participle being someone's to lose, simple past was someone's to lose, past participle been someone's to lose)

  1. (idiomatic) To be anticipated to be won by someone.
    • Widely considered the favorite, the election is his to lose, but an upset is still possible if a scandal emerges.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see be, someone's, to, lose.
    • “Eventually,” Maddie continued, “my dad did lose everything, including money that wasn't his to lose. […]2014, Karen Foley, Hard to Hold (Harlequin Blaze), Harlequin, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 214

Questions about was someone's to lose

What is was someone's to lose the simple past of?
Was someone's to lose is the simple past of be someone's to lose.

Words near was someone's to lose in the dictionary

  1. was scepter
  2. was scepters
  3. was sceptre
  4. was sceptres
  5. was silent
  6. was someone's to lose
  7. was supposed to
  8. was taken ill
  9. was the worse for drink
  10. was there
  11. was used to

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