to have something or someone taken away from you: At least 600 staff will lose their jobs if the factory closes. He lost his leg in a car accident. She lost her mother (= her mother died) last year. B2 [ T ] to stop feeling something: to lose confidence / faith. I lost interest halfway through the book. He kept on crying and I lost my patience. More @Wikipedia
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