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Lose the Day (To)

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To lose the battle; to be defeated. To win (or gain) the day is to be victorious; to win the battle, the prize, or any competition.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Lord of Misrule
Lord of the Isles
Loredano (James)
Lorenzo (in Edward Young’s Nights Thoughts)
Loretto
Lorrequer (Harry)
Lose
Lose Caste (To)
Lose Heart (To)
Lose not a Tide
Lose the Day (To)
Lose the Horse or win the Saddle
Losing a Ship for a Haporth o Tar
Loss
Lost Island
Lothair
Lothario
Lothian (Scotland)
Lotus
Lotus-eaters or Lotophagi
Loud Patterns