Commanded
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Both words in one sentence
- He's in the Wicked Stepmothers' Society (Male Auxiliary) but has been commanded by them to do something "evil" or lose his membership.
Source: Off to Boarding School -
The man lifted the box easily on the first attempt but on the second attempt Houdin "commanded the man to lose his strength" and he suddenly could not lift the box.
Source: Clarke's Third Law -
And, in an earlier chapter, Harry was commanded by Quirrell to either hex a fellow student (bad), or lose House Points (bad).
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