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heads I win, tails you loseSaid to describe a conflict in which someone has a particular advantage from the start.Rate it:

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win some, lose someAlternative form of you win some, you lose someRate it:

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win the battle, but lose the warTo achieve a portion of a goal, but fail to achieve the entire goal.Rate it:

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win by a noseTo win narrowly; to have a narrow victory.Rate it:

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you can't win if you don't playUnless or until you don't play , you cannot win .Rate it:

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you've got to be in it to win itIn order to win, or succeed at something, one must first compete or try.Rate it:

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win the dayto gain complete victory or success over something or someoneRate it:

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play to winTo make a special, determined effort to achieve general success or a particular goal, in life, in one's career, in negotiation, etc.Rate it:

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win outTo be victorious. Usually of emotions and human qualities.Rate it:

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play to winTo play in an especially competitive, committed manner, focused intently on winning.Rate it:

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i never thought about giving up, because i never participated in a competition that i couldn't win.CompetitionRate it:

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no win, no feeIf you do not win this lawsuit, the legal representative you have hired will not charge you any fees.Rate it:

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not win for losingTo repeatedly fail in one's gambles or efforts.Rate it:

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WINInitialism of whip inflation now : a 1974 US political slogan.Rate it:

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win aroundTo persuade someone who disagrees to agree with one's own point of view.Rate it:

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win backto win money that has been lost.Rate it:

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win backTo regain favour (with)Rate it:

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win backTo get (someone) to be one's partner, after having been apart.Rate it:

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win one for the GipperTo do something in memory of another person.Rate it:

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win overTo persuade someone, gain someone's support, or make someone understand the truth or validity of something.Rate it:

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win roundTo persuade or convince.Rate it:

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win the dayto be totally accepted by other people (such as an idea or a proposal)Rate it:

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win throughto attain one's goal in the end, despite obstacles along the wayRate it:

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win upTo get back on one's feet. [14th-19th c.]Rate it:

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win your a#s backWin your butt backRate it:

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you winUsed to express resignation. To concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments.Rate it:

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lose one's coolTo become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.Rate it:

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lose one's head if it wasn't attachedprone to mislaying things.Rate it:

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lose outTo be at a disadvantage.Rate it:

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lose trackTo forget one's train of thought or temporarily misplace an item or its place in a sequence.Rate it:

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you snooze you loseIf you are not alert and attentive, you will not be successful.Rate it:

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grasp all, lose allone who wants everything, may lose it allRate it:

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Lose Your ShirtTo lose all one have, particularly moneyRate it:

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nothing to lose but their h'sDescriptive of people in England whose speech is proper or upper-class, but who are poor.Rate it:

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"life is a mathematical complex that you gain or lose with your actions."LifeRate it:

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if you snooze, you loseA figure of speech, relative to remaining alert in any agenda, active project, or important action.Rate it:

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lose consciousnesspass outRate it:

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lose faceTo lose the respect of others, to be humiliated or experience public disgrace.Rate it:

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lose groundto become closer to another traveling the same course.Rate it:

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lose itTo lose control of a situation.Rate it:

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lose itTo be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.Rate it:

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lose one's headTo go crazy.Rate it:

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lose one's marblesTo go crazy.Rate it:

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lose one's mindTo become mad, insane.Rate it:

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lose one's shirtTo lose all of one's money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster.Rate it:

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lose one's shitTo lose one's temper.Rate it:

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lose one's temperTo be explosively angry. To get very cross.Rate it:

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lose one's touchTo lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity.Rate it:

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lose one's wayto get lost, to become lost.Rate it:

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lose oneself into be deeply occupied, focused or absorbed in someone or somethingRate it:

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