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Loose vs. Lose
Loose
/lus/Examples:
Mine eyes he loosed, and said:Some of its pages were loose or torn.Don't begin by trying to play fast and loose with me.
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Lose
/luːz/Examples:
People are starting to lose hope.Athos lost no more time in combating this immutable resolution.It was losing height at five thousand feet a minute now.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Loose has two os, just like the loop that might be loose in a shoelace.
- Lose has one o, and when you lose something, its often gone, just like the missing o'.
- Think about how a loose rope can slip and become larger, while lose a game means its over — and one less o' remains.
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