Definition of lose (one's) shirt

lose (one's) shirt    

verb

• to lose a lot or all of one's money.

                                                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from A fallen star, but still burning, The Irish Times, September 12 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

                    
  
                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Cash Out", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 10 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: poor, poor person, homeless person.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 08 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'poor, poor person, homeless person':
bag lady	Definitions include: a homeless woman.
trailer trash	Definitions include: From the stereotype that poor people (especially in the Midwestern United States) live in trailer-homes.
bum	Definitions include: to be sad.
tapped out	Definitions include: without money.
broke d*ck	Definitions include: useless.
gutter punk	Definitions include: a younger punk who is homeless or pretends to be homeless.
tighten (one's) belt	Definitions include: to reduce expenses.
out on (one's) *ss	Definitions include: having been kicked out of one's residence.
gritter	Definitions include: a person who is of the red-neck, trailer trash, low morals variety.
gutter whore	Definitions include: a whore - i.e. a promiscuous (usually female) person, or an actual prostitute (usually female) - who is not doing well financially.
strapped	Definitions include: See also strap.
broke as a joke	Definitions include: very broke.
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
trailer park trash	Definitions include: lower class people who live in trailer parks.
on stamps	Definitions include: broke, out of money.
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Other terms relating to 'lose':
lose	Definitions include: to get rid of.
lose face	Definitions include: to be humiliated.
lose ground	Definitions include: to lose progress.
lose it	Definitions include: to lose one's temper.
lose (one's) cherry	Definitions include: lost her virginity
lose (one's) cool	Definitions include: to lose one's temper.
lose (one's) edge	Definitions include: to decline in a particular skill.
lose (one's) head	Definitions include: to become extremely angry.
lose (one's) keys	Definitions include: To lose one's virginity.
lose (one's) lunch	Definitions include: to vomit
lose (one's) marbles	Definitions include: to go insane.
lose (one's) religion	Definitions include: southern term for losing one's temper.
lose (one's) sh*t	Definitions include: to lose one's composure.
lose touch	Definitions include: to cease regular contact with someone.
win or lose	Definitions include: no matter what.
Other terms relating to 'shirt':
keep (one's) shirt on	Definitions include: to not get angry, to stay calm.
red shirt	Definitions include: someone who is likely to be martyred, often someone who's own character or role is trivial.
shirt lifter	Definitions include: male homosexual
stuffed shirt	Definitions include: an overly formal person.
wet (one's) shirt	Definitions include: to shoot someone

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