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Re: Anyone up to the challenge?

Lose. Are you telling me you honestly believe that Confederate heritage advocates are actually having everything our way?

Take your pick:

verb (used with object), lost, losing.

1.

to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery:
I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.

2.

to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered:
I just lost a dime under this sofa.

3.

to suffer the deprivation of:
to lose one's job; to lose one's life.

4.

to be bereaved of by death:
to lose a sister.

5.

to fail to keep, preserve, or maintain:
to lose one's balance; to lose one's figure.

6.

(of a clock or watch) to run slower by:
The watch loses three minutes a day.

7.

to give up; forfeit the possession of:
to lose a fortune at the gaming table.

verb (used without object), lost, losing.

23.

to suffer loss :
to lose on a contract.

24.

to suffer defeat or fail to win, as in a contest, race, or game:
We played well, but we lost.

25.

to depreciate in effectiveness or in some other essential quality:
a classic that loses in translation.

26.

(of a clock, watch, etc.) to run slow.

Verb phrases

27.

lose out, to suffer defeat or loss; fail to obtain something desired:
He got through the preliminaries, but lost out in the finals.

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