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you snooze you lose

you snooze you lose phrase: if one is not alert and attentive, one will not be successful.

Phrase

you snooze you lose

  1. (slang) If one is not alert and attentive, one will not be successful.

Questions about you snooze you lose

What does you snooze you lose mean?
You snooze you lose means if one is not alert and attentive, one will not be successful.
What part of speech is you snooze you lose?
You snooze you lose is a phrase.

Words near you snooze you lose in the dictionary

  1. you see
  2. you should talk
  3. you shouldn't have
  4. you shouldn't talk
  5. you smelt it, you dealt it
  6. you snooze you lose
  7. you tell me
  8. you the birthday
  9. you think
  10. you think what
  11. you understood

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