lose mark
v. phr.— «You’re going to lose respect if you lower yourself to serve. You’re going to “lose mark,” as the local pidgin idiom expresses it!» —“Servant leadership” by Tapualiki Samasoni in White River Solomon Star (Solomon Islands) June 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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