Confront
Confront verb - To oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage.
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When they confront the Decepticons, who are still in their warmachine forms, they lose. Badly.
Source: Music / Star Bomb - If the villain actually tries to confront the party, the party will either refuse to back down and lose, or they'll get lucky and kill him before you want him to die.
Source: Web Video / Counter Monkey - If she did it, the detective will be reluctant to believe that she's capable of such a thing until the evidence is completely damning; if she's a Red Herring, the detective will confront her prematurely and lose any chance of a romance with her.
Source: Fatal Attraction
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