When you voluntarily lose (to make someone feel better, to end an argument), and then the situation gets even worse. So, what you thought you would gain by losing on purpose is lost anyway.
It’s a colloquial equivalent to paving the road to hell with good intentions.
(A lot of people writing their definitions for this are trying to make logic out of the phrasing but weren’t around when this phrase was more popular, leading to incorrect definitions.)
I let my spouse win the argument to calm down the situation, and now I’m getting criticized for not sticking up for myself. I can’t win for losing!
when a game makes people grind for an expensive thing that is superior to everything else else in a the (eg, a shooting game or a pvp game. This is different from game progression in an rpg or practice to improve.
Person 1: I hate people who use a laser rifle, its play 2 win item and they only use it for free kills
Laser Rifle User: Just get better at the game noob
Awesome person, very nice and loved by many.
Person 1: Have you seen the new student?
Person 2: Yeah I think their name is Chu Myat Sandy Win.
After Stand Proud opened up his domain he said are you you are strong, because you are I'm you? Or are you the one who left it all behind and his overwhelming intensity! because... with this treasure I summon...?
The fingered simply answered... Nah, I'd win.
Yuji: “if sukuna were to completely regain his powers…”
Gojo: “it might be a little tough”
Yuji: “would you lose?”
Gojo: “nah, I’d win”
Having three orgasms (O’s) in a row
Winning at tic tac toe is a good way to unwind, I won at tic tac toe last night and it was great!
The windows shortcut for showing the desktop.
Some people cover their eyes before pressing Win + D.
Win + D is the best shortcut in windows, but not for my eyes -Iceburg
Paraphrasing from the slogan “must-win-battles” it can be applied to a drinking competition or to a good night out with blokes.
Acronyms: MWB
T: Hi bro, how was that mission to the Oktober Fest?
M: I tell you what, it has been like a must-win-bottle, I have never been so drunk!