Get it
Get it verb - Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Both terms in one sentence
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However, Rule of Funny means that every time they NEARLY get it, they lose it somehow.
Source: First Law of Gender-Bending -
Timed Mission: The player must assemble the machine and get it running before Ollie gets his hands on Daisy, or else you lose a life.
Source: Video Game / Blue Print - Of course, one crisis later and you might lose it all, but, don't worry, you'll get it back... eventually.
Source: Stock Superhero Day Jobs
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