v.
1.fail to keep or to maintain
2.fail to win
3.suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
4.place (something) where one cannot find it again
5.miss from one's possessions
6.allow to go out of sight
7.fail to make money in a business
8.fail to get or obtain
9.retreat 10.fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind 11.be set at a disadvantage
Idiom of the Day
root (something) out or root out (something)
to get rid of something completely
The new city government is trying to root out the wasteful practices of the previous government.