lose (some) weight

idiom

: to become less heavy or fat

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Employer clients tell benefits consultants specialty costs easily account for 60% or more of their total drug spending, particularly as more Americans flock to anti-obesity GLP-1 medicines, prescriptions hailed for their ability to help people lose weight. Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Bryant was assigned to a third group, in which volunteers didn’t receive a pill but instead worked with trial staff to meet their health goals, exercise more, and lose weight. Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 Creators are pairing the hashtag with videos that share various ways to lose weight, many of them based on the goal of getting as thin as possible in a short amount of time. Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025 One study shows that after 10 years, people with a gastric bypass kept more weight off.4 Other Benefits Gastric sleeve and gastric bypass surgery help people lose weight. Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lose (some) weight

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“Lose (some) weight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20%28some%29%20weight. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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