lose out to

lose out to someone or something

to lose a competition to someone or something. Our team lost out to the other team. Bill lost out to Sally in the contest.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hezekiah	hez-ə-KIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Nona	['nəunə]
Eva	E-vah (Spanish, Italian, Danish), EE-və (English), E-fah (German), AY-vah (Dutch)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ice
Serafina	se-rah-FEE-nah (Polish)	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish
Walther	VAHL-ter (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Hartley	['ha:tli]