lose the dressing room

verb

Of a team manager: to lose the respect and trust of one's players.

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Meanings

verblose the dressing room (third-person singular simple present loses the dressing room, present participle losing the dressing room, simple past and past participle lost the dressing room)

present singular third person loses the dressing room · participle present losing the dressing room · participle past lost the dressing room · past lost the dressing room

  1. ball gamesOf a team manager: to lose the respect and trust of one's players.

    But it is very clear that (using football parlance) 'the management has lost the dressing room', following earlier misjudged decisions about reducing operating costs.

    2023 May 31, 'Industry Insider', “DfT calls time on TPE”, in RAIL, number 984, page 68
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Chicago

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