lose money

This page is about the collocation lose money

collocation pattern: verb + noun

Meaning

to have less money after gambling, investing, starting a business, etc.

For example

  • Our company's losing money, and I'm getting really worried.

  • My husband's got a serious gambling problem. He's already lost all our money.

Note:
A related collocation is "lose (your) savings"

Quick Quiz

After losing all his money at the casino, Lee felt

a. really excited

b. really wealthy

c. really terrible
a) really excited b) really wealthy c) really terrible

Contributor: Matt Errey