Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Tap
Tap verb - To strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- To use it, the protagonist Satan has to tap into the fear of every human on earth, and may lose his own mind in the process.
Source: Light Is Not Good / Literature - The two warring mecha factions in the show only fought at pre-scheduled places and times, and the pilots were allowed to tap out when it looked like were going to lose.
Source: Enforced Cold War - They agreed to under go a spell to change how their set of genes tap the magic field so that they lose their magic but gain immortality.
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