Check
Check verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).
Usage example: check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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If you can't avoid it, you must make a Drive check or lose control of your vehicle.
Source: Oil Slick -
The HP check comes before the input check, so no matter how fast you are with the buttons, you will lose.
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Check Point: When you lose a Smurf, your next Smurf starts at the beginning of whatever territory you lost your last Smurf in.
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