Lose your loose use of lose and loose!

Bry_Fitness70
Bry_Fitness70 Posts: 2,481 Member
loose
adj. loos•er, loos•est
1. Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.
2. Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.
3. Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.
4. Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.
5. Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.
6. Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.
7. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.
8. Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the club.
9. Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.
10. Not literal or exact: a loose translation.
11. Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels.
adv.
In a loose manner.
v. loosed, loos•ing, loos•es
v.tr.
1. To let loose; release: loosed the dogs.
2. To make loose; undo: loosed his belt.
3. To cast loose; detach: hikers loosing their packs at camp.
4. To let fly; discharge: loosed an arrow.
5. To release pressure or obligation from; absolve: loosed her from the responsibility.
6. To make less strict; relax: a leader's strong authority that was loosed by easy times.
v.intr.
1. To become loose.
2. To discharge a missile; fire.
Idiom:
on the loose
1. At large; free.
2. Acting in an uninhibited fashion.
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lose
v. lost (lôst, l st), los•ing, los•es
v.tr.
1. To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.
2.
a. To be deprived of (something one has had): lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job.
b. To be left alone or desolate because of the death of: lost his wife.
c. To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost very few patients.
3. To be unable to keep control or allegiance of: lost his temper at the meeting; is losing supporters by changing his mind.
4. To fail to win; fail in: lost the game; lost the court case.
5. To fail to use or take advantage of: Don't lose a chance to improve your position.
6. To fail to hear, see, or understand: We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.
7.
a. To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.
b. To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.
8. To rid oneself of: lost five pounds.
9. To consume aimlessly; waste: lost a week in idle occupations.
10. To wander from or become ignorant of: lose one's way.
11.
a. To elude or outdistance: lost their pursuers.
b. To be outdistanced by: chased the thieves but lost them.
12. To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.
13. To cause or result in the loss of: Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.
14. To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive: Both planes were lost in the crash.
15. To cause to be damned.
v.intr.
1. To suffer loss.
2. To be defeated.
3. To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.
Phrasal Verb:
lose out
To fail to achieve or receive an expected gain.
Idioms:
lose it Slang
1. To lose control; blow up.
2. To become deranged or mentally disturbed.
3. To become less capable or proficient; decline.
lose out on
To miss (an opportunity, for example).
lose time
1. To operate too slowly. Used of a timepiece.
2. To delay advancement.
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Replies

  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Lol this thread, for the millionth time :P
    A lot of people seem to get really annoyed by the wrong usage of "loose" and "lose" haha.
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    tl;dr
  • This will not stop them...
  • lisaabenjamin
    lisaabenjamin Posts: 665 Member
    YES! :-D
  • amcsouth
    amcsouth Posts: 283 Member
    The people who should read this won't read this :laugh:
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Oh look, this thread again...
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    cool story brah
  • The people who should read this won't read this :laugh:

    :laugh:
  • Ainar
    Ainar Posts: 858 Member
    I still have some lose skin hanging and while I cut it off bit by bit I like to read forums at MFP. But this text is too long. I am loosing all the interest to read this. OP, your very very long writer.
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  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member

    They don't think it is important because they think everyone knows what they mean.

    This! I hear it from my kids all the time!! Or "auto correct" ... :noway:
  • Ainar
    Ainar Posts: 858 Member

    They don't think it is important because they think everyone knows what they mean.

    This! I hear it from my kids all the time!! Or "auto correct" ... :noway:
    Oh! An auto correct! If I would not have it I would loose myself in a confusion of English! God bless auto correct!
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
    I donut now why you brother with unsignificant things. Irregardless, people will supposably continue flustrating you with there yous of loose and lose. I suppose this thread is a way for us to conversate about it. Perhaps if people would announciate there words? For all intensive purpose you would think that these could work.
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
    I donut now why you brother with unsignificant things. Irregardless, people will supposably continue flustrating you with there yous of loose and lose. I suppose this thread is a way for us to conversate about it. Perhaps if people would announciate there words? For all intensive purpose you would think that these could work.

    By the way, that took way too freaking long to type out incorrectly. Holy crap, being an idiot is hard work.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    I donut now why you brother with unsignificant things. Irregardless, people will supposably continue flustrating you with there yous of loose and lose. I suppose this thread is a way for us to conversate about it. Perhaps if people would announciate there words? For all intensive purpose you would think that these could work.

    Your overexaggeration of unappropriate grammar and American English is impressive. I could of read that twice. :P
  • mister_universe
    mister_universe Posts: 6,664 Member

    By the way, that took way too freaking long to type out incorrectly. Holy crap, being an idiot is hard work.

    Heh. Amen to that.
  • mister_universe
    mister_universe Posts: 6,664 Member
    I donut now why you brother with unsignificant things. Irregardless, people will supposably continue flustrating you with there yous of loose and lose. I suppose this thread is a way for us to conversate about it. Perhaps if people would announciate there words? For all intensive purpose you would think that these could work.

    Your overexaggeration of unappropriate grammar and American English is impressive. I could of read that twice. :P

    Think she knows?

    I don't think so.
  • Can't stress this enough!
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    I knew I should've played Bingo
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
    I donut now why you brother with unsignificant things. Irregardless, people will supposably continue flustrating you with there yous of loose and lose. I suppose this thread is a way for us to conversate about it. Perhaps if people would announciate there words? For all intensive purpose you would think that these could work.

    Your overexaggeration of unappropriate grammar and American English is impressive. I could of read that twice. :P

    Think she knows?

    I don't think so.

    Oh lord. I hope she does. :noway:
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