Lose and Place

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Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.

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Place is an antonym for lose in victory topic.

Nearby Words: loser, losing

Place verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.

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Lose is an antonym for place in topics: order, take, locate, identify.

Nearby Words: placed, placement, placing, placer, placet

soul	lose soul	place soul
faith	lose faith	place faith
focus	lose focus	place focus
hand	lose hand	place hand
Other words: time, money, head, bet, items, times, weapons.

In Bowser's Castle, the opposite is true: If you fall from first place and lose sight of the current first place, you will never catch up to it.

Source: Nintendo Hard / Racing Games
Even Evil Has Standards: Don may not care very much about the safety of his interns, but he comes to loathe the Ice Dancers for their backstabbing, cheating ways and is gleeful when they finally lose and place third.

Source: Western Animation / Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race
You lose the game if your four active characters are defeated, even if you have eight other characters to take their place.

Source: Video Game / Touhou Labyrinth

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