- Lose vs. Loose: How to Use Each Correctly | Merriam-Webster
You lose your temper or lose a round at poker, but you don't have 'lose change' (loose change) There's a loose screw or you need to loose a knot, but you don't loose your mind Read on for some more idioms with the correct usage of lose and loose
- Loose vs. Lose - Dictionary. com
Did you lose that sock in the dryer … or loose it? Lose is a verb, while loose is almost always an adjective They’re often confused because of their similar spelling When to use lose Lose can only be used as a verb It describes when you “come to be without something” (e g , to lose a sock in the laundry) or “to suffer defeat or fail to win” (e g , to lose a soccer game) Its
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