Escape
Escape verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.
Usage example: everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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If the chosen one succeeds, he may either escape or lose it to Tobias or to Edward and Lurka.
Source: Video Game / Azrael's Tear -
Respawning Enemies: Played straight, if you escape or lose a battle; all the progress made up until that point is reset, and all the enemies are respawned.
Source: Video Game / Shining Force - The story about "the time [he] caught Big Mouth Ramone" provided us with this gem, at any rate: "...it was either back up the fire escape or lose the pants altogether..."
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