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Lose bet, after card is turned over (6)

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I believe the answer is:

mislay

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'lose' is the definition.
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'bet after card is turned over' is the wordplay.
'bet' becomes 'lay' (I've seen this in another clue).
'after card' becomes 'sim' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'after' bit.).
'is turned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sim' written backwards gives 'mis'.
'lay' after 'mis' is 'MISLAY'.

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(Other definitions for mislay that I've seen before include "Lose track of" , "Temporarily not find" , "Put (something) where it can't be found" , "Lose (something)" , "Set in wrong location" .)

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