Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lose one's shirt

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
lose one's shirt
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lose all of one's money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

loses one's shirt (present, singular) losing one's shirt (participle, present) lost one's shirt (participle, past) lost one's shirt (past)

Questions

What does lose one's shirt mean?
To lose all of one's money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster.

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