Verb
Synonyms by this part of speech
To not achieve victory in a competition
- be beaten
- be defeated
- suffer defeat
- be bested by
- be the loser
- capitulate
- come off second-best
- fail
- fall
- succumb
To stop possessing something that was previously held
- expend
- squander
- waste
- blow
- burn
- deplete
- drain
- exhaust
- outlay
- spend
To prevent someone from continuing to follow
- evade
- elude
- dodge
- escape
- shake
- avoid
- flee
- shirk
- escape from
- get away from