Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Worm
Worm verb - To advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits.
Both words in one sentence
- Strax's failure to retrieve the worm leads to Clara not even trying to run because she finds it more amusing to watch him lose his memory a second time.
Source: Chekhov's Gag - The Doctor sends Battle Butler Strax to fetch "the memory worm" - one touch of its skin and you lose an hour's worth of memories.
Source: Chekhov's Gag - Bittersweet Ending: Both Worm and Pact end on somewhat happy notes for their protagonists, though they lose a lot in the process.
Source: Creator / wildbow
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