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"loses on purpose" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe someone making a conscious decision to fail or do less-well than they could. For example: "The student always loses on purpose in the tournaments so that he can avoid having to compete in the final round."
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Ron later reveals he knows Tom loses on purpose, but doesn't mind because Tom is his idea of a model employee: unproductive, lacking initiative and a poor team player.
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"That one to me is kind of like cheating, because you are losing on purpose; you're trying to get in an easier group so you can win and dominate," said Allison Peter, a 200-meter sprinter from the Virgin Islands.
Get lost on purpose.
I sometimes wonder if we got lost on purpose.
"Crooked Hillary lost on purpose because she wanted me to be impeached".
If losing on purpose is a strategy for winning, then it's not really losing, is it?
In the N.F.L., contracts are not guaranteed, so losing on purpose would not be good for anyone's job prospects.
He watched chessboxers commit what they call chess suicide — losing on purpose to avoid another round inside the ring.
"Identical!" But I suspected that she may have lost on purpose, in order to let the product win.
But the perceived tanking – losing on purpose to ensure a profitable draft – has angered many NBA franchise owners.
But United States Coach Terry Schroeder said there was talk in the athletes' village Monday morning about the Serbians losing on purpose.
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