Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Pound
Pound verb - To move heavily or clumsily.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He spends most of the episode exercising to lose the one pound, but is so exhausted that he loses the match.
Source: Diet Episode -
While it may be tempting to go into slo-mo mode and pound away at the chopper while it's flying, you'll lose valuable VFX power if the blades are spinning and pink.
Source: Helicopter Blender -
But beware: You can ground pound off the edge of the map and lose a life.
Source: Ground Pound
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