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To loose on someone Hi native English speakers italki friends. I was wondering what does "sounds like you are loosing on me" mean. Just heard this expression and although I have already done some googling on that I feel that I haven't fully understood what does that mean yet.
TIA!
8 de jun de 2018 23:24
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Are you sure it wasn't "it sounds like you are losing me"?  If that's the case, then the person who said that was most likely telling a story or explaining something to someone, but then they realized the other person wasn't not understanding them.  

For example, if I'm talking to you in English and you have a confused look on your face and I can tell you aren't understanding what I'm saying anymore, I can say "it look like I'm losing you."  :)

9 de junho de 2018
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How sure are you that it was the word ¨loosing?¨  I do not think that is a word.  We have ¨loose¨ or ¨losing¨ and I have even heard ¨loosening,¨ but never loosing.

She might have said ¨sounds like you are losing me.¨ If so it would depend on context.  Sometimes people say ¨you are losing me¨ when you are talking and they are having difficulty following (understanding) what you are saying.  In a relationship that is going bad, someone could potentially say ¨seems like you are losing me.¨ 

9 de junho de 2018
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I think Kristal is 'bang on' with 'you're loosing me'.
9 de junho de 2018

Thanks everyone! I believe I had understood the meaning, and surely it was a typo, it was 'losing on me'. and yeah, given the context I believe Susan and Kristal have nailed it. :)

19 de junho de 2018
loose something on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb
literary to allow something dangerous or harmful to begin to affect a situation or other people:
the evils loosed upon humanity in World War II
(Longman) dictionary 
9 de junho de 2018
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