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Can’t win for losing

When you voluntarily lose (to make someone feel better, to end an argument), and then the situation gets even worse. So, what you thought you would gain by losing on purpose is lost anyway.

It’s a colloquial equivalent to paving the road to hell with good intentions.

(A lot of people writing their definitions for this are trying to make logic out of the phrasing but weren’t around when this phrase was more popular, leading to incorrect definitions.)
I let my spouse win the argument to calm down the situation, and now I’m getting criticized for not sticking up for myself. I can’t win for losing!
by Jemie Weino October 8, 2022
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lose my math

Ex : yo you grimy fr fr lose my math. It’s deaded
by Ahdbnsmaka November 9, 2021
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Losing Friends Suck

losing a friend is like losing a piece of you, its like your heart is being ripped out of you, and you feel lost.
man I just lost my bsfs of 5 years.
im sorry losing friends suck.
by urlocalginger October 30, 2021
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Losing

1.) The act of not achieving something

2.) The act of not being able to find something

3.) NYC term used to describe someone who is confused about something or if something is gay
1.) Jake is losing the game
2.) Kayla keeps losing her damn car keys!
3.) Rico: It’s mad cold in here I need a blanket
Josh: I can be ya blanket

Rico: ngl you lost me
by NYC_Tez September 5, 2021
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losing

what’s losing?

i don’t know, never have never will
by themilfman69 May 25, 2021
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What happens when your losing air

So if youve been a good boy, when you start losing air yeah, the angels come down from the heavens and tickle your balls, but if youve been a bad boy they come down and give you a vagina.
so on tuesday i got my balls tickled by an angel What happens when your losing air
by i love mi balls tickled June 4, 2021
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Literally every Destiny says in relationship to ME is a manifestation of THAT EXACT THOUGHT.
Hym "Because when I suceed ALL OF THE IMPOSTERS LOSE EVERYTHING. No more interviews with Jordan Peterson. No more sycophants hanging on your every word. No more authority on any topic. Gone. And the people stupid enough to side against me are gone with them. 'I'm AfRaId Of LoSiNg My ChAnNeL!' You are going to lose your freedom if I'm right about your wife. Which (based on your obsession with me) I am."
by Hym Iam August 24, 2024
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