Find
Find verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.
Usage example: we finally found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Usage example: I always lose my keys
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In a Laguna flashback on Disk 1, the player can fiddle with explosives, find and lose a rusty key, and fiddle with some hatches.
Source: Guide Dang It / Final Fantasy -
Of course, the Imperator destroys Amaterasu before she can find it, but naturally, Rachel doesn't lose her cool even when she learns her efforts to find it were for naught.
Source: Guile Hero -
For once they do not screw things up, it is Zordrak and Urpgor instead that lose the stone, something Frizz and Nug find to be Actually Pretty Funny.
Source: Team Rocket Wins
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