tabe

drop, fumble, let fall, lose, lose out

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* lose ( fx a battle, a game, money, a lawsuit, patience, one's heart to somebody, interest in something);

(ud af hænderne) drop ( fx he dropped the vase; I have lost my purse, I must have dropped it somewhere);

(lide nederlag) lose, be defeated,

T be beaten, get the worst of it;

(om ur) lose ( fx my watch loses five minutes a day);

(se også tabende);

[ med vb:]

[give tabt] give in, give it up;

[gå tabt] be lost ( fx 300 jobs will be lost when the factory closes);

[du er ikke gået tabt af noget] you did not miss anything;

[det gik tabt for mig] I lost (el. missed) it;

[der er gået en skuespiller tabt i ham] he would have made a good actor;

[ med sb:]

[tabe hovedet (el. besindelsen)] lose one's head;

[ikke tabe hovedet] keep one's head;

[tabe luften]

(om cykelslange etc) go down, go flat;

(om person), se vejr: tabe vejret;

[tabe sin sag] lose the case;

[tabte sager]

(dvs ejendele) lost property;

[tabe spillet] lose the game;

[spillet er tabt]

(fig) the game is up;

(se også ansigt, fatning, maske, mod, næse, spor, tråd, vejr);

[ med præp & sig:]

[tabe af syne] lose sight of;

(se også vogn);

[gå tabt af], se ovf;

[jeg har tabt meget for ham] he has gone down a lot in my estimation;

[gå tabt for], se ovf;

[han tabte meget i anseelse] his reputation suffered greatly;

[tabe i kampen] lose the battle;

[tabe i tennis]

(etc) lose (el. be beaten) at tennis (etc);

[tabe i vægt] lose weight;

[tabe i værdi] lose (in) value;

[tabe på gulvet], se gulv;

[tabe penge på noget] lose money on something;

[tabe sig]

(dvs forsvinde helt) disappear ( fx in the distance),

(gradvis) go off, wear off ( fx the effect (, the charm, the

novelty, the pain) will wear off), pass off,

(om lyd) die away,

(også om farve) fade;

(forringes) go off ( fx her voice has gone off);

(om person: blive mager) lose weight, become thinner,

(miste skønhed) lose one's looks;

[tabe til] lose to;

[tabe ved] lose by ( fx you will lose nothing by waiting, you have nothing to lose by waiting).