To lose weight because of sickness: “She was sick all winter and ________ (quite a bit).”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| LOST WEIGHT | 9 |
| LOST | 3 |
| WASTED AWAY | 3 |
| LOST QUITE A BIT | 1 |
| SHRANK DOWN | 1 |
| THINNED DOWN | 1 |
| WASTED | 1 |
| WENT DOWN | 1 |
| WITHERED AWAY | 1 |
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