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!
March 27th is National lose your virginity to a munch day
National lose your virginity day is defined as did you lose your v card on the national day
The moment where anger fills you so completely happiness ceases to exist in your world. Usually accompanied by loud screaming, foaming at the mouth, and uncontrolled attacks of violence.
If my network crashes one more time I swear I'm going to lose the happy all over this place.
Literally every Destiny says in relationship to ME is a manifestation of THAT EXACT THOUGHT.
Hym "Because when I suceed ALL OF THE IMPOSTERS LOSE EVERYTHING. No more interviews with Jordan Peterson. No more sycophants hanging on your every word. No more authority on any topic. Gone. And the people stupid enough to side against me are gone with them. 'I'm AfRaId Of LoSiNg My ChAnNeL!' You are going to lose your freedom if I'm right about your wife. Which (based on your obsession with me) I am."
Losing in life as a result of Booze intake. Covers literal loss as well as more figurative varieties.
I got really drunk last night, and lost my wallet, the respect of several peers and now have hideous regret and life-debilitating hangover. What a textbook case of Booze Lose.