escort vs lose

escort

verb
  • To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building). 

  • To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date. 

  • To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to 

noun
  • A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent. 

  • A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others. 

  • Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion. 

  • A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission. 

  • An accompanying person in such a group. 

  • A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor. 

  • An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc. 

lose

verb
  • To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. 

  • To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer. 

  • To shed (weight). 

  • To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss. 

  • To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. 

  • To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident. 

  • To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate. 

  • To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of. 

  • To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). 

  • To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer. 

  • To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend). 

  • To be deprived of access to something. 

  • To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion). 

  • To give or owe (money) after losing a bet. 

  • Of a clock, to run slower than expected. 

How often have the words escort and lose occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )