lose everything
idiom
: to have all one's possessions taken away or destroyed
They lost everything in the fire.
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Shades of Thornton Wilder and John Steinbeck flicker in this elegy to the down and out, the dreamers and the sinners who lose everything, even their sense of themselves.
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Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
In chaos and about to lose everything, Charlie turns to his chief counsel, Roger White (Aml Ameen), a man with a strongly ingrained sense of justice, who tries to keep his hands clean amid the dirty dealings in Atlanta.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Very few of their assets have been confiscated by Western countries – and the Kremlin has given them a stark choice: support the motherland or lose everything.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
Hurricane Ian made landfall in south Florida last week as a category 4 hurricane — causing scores of people to lose everything.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2022
While the terms impose heavy losses on shareholders—with the battered stock losing a further two-thirds overnight— investors like the Saudi National Bank that pumped in 1.5 billion francs late last year did not lose everything.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
Savers could lose everything The move comes as risks to the stability of China’s financial system are rising amid a housing market slump and economic slowdown.
—Laura He, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
The state’s position now, Mr. Buschatzke said, is that everyone should make a meaningful contribution, and that nobody should lose everything.
—Christopher Flavelle Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
The series will follow a pair of pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers named Mir (Asif Ali) and Raj Dar (Saagar Shaikh) who lose everything when their convenience-store magnate father suddenly dies.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 31 Oct. 2022
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Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
In chaos and about to lose everything, Charlie turns to his chief counsel, Roger White (Aml Ameen), a man with a strongly ingrained sense of justice, who tries to keep his hands clean amid the dirty dealings in Atlanta.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Very few of their assets have been confiscated by Western countries – and the Kremlin has given them a stark choice: support the motherland or lose everything.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
Hurricane Ian made landfall in south Florida last week as a category 4 hurricane — causing scores of people to lose everything.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2022
While the terms impose heavy losses on shareholders—with the battered stock losing a further two-thirds overnight— investors like the Saudi National Bank that pumped in 1.5 billion francs late last year did not lose everything.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
Savers could lose everything The move comes as risks to the stability of China’s financial system are rising amid a housing market slump and economic slowdown.
—Laura He, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
The state’s position now, Mr. Buschatzke said, is that everyone should make a meaningful contribution, and that nobody should lose everything.
—Christopher Flavelle Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
The series will follow a pair of pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers named Mir (Asif Ali) and Raj Dar (Saagar Shaikh) who lose everything when their convenience-store magnate father suddenly dies.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 31 Oct. 2022
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