lose out on
Related to lose out on: make into, pick up after, get up to, give up on
lose out on (something)
To miss the chance or opportunity to do, get, or participate in something. Because I was so sick last week, I lost out on the chance to see my sister while she was in town. I lost out on the promotion because I hadn't been logging my hours correctly in work.
See also: lose, on, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
lose out on
To miss (an opportunity, for example).
See also: lose, on, out
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- lose out
- lose out on (something)
- miss out
- miss out on
- miss out on (something)
- one chance in a million
- a chance in a million
- on the (off) chance
- on the chance
- once-in-a-lifetime chance