| VERB | possession | turn a loss, lose | fail to make money in a business |
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| Meaning | fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | lose | |
| Opposite | break even | make neither profit nor loss |
| profit, turn a profit | make a profit | |
| Spanish | perder | |
| Catalan | perdre | |
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