What Does "otherwise we could lose everything that we've built" Mean?
Learn what "otherwise we could lose everything that we've built" means, when people say it, and how to use it naturally in English.
Otherwise, we could lose everything that we've built.
It means the speaker is warning that the situation could destroy what they have worked for.
From The Marriage Contract, Episode 36
When do people say this?
Scene Context
Someone warns that failure could cost them everything they built.
Usage Scenario
Use this to stress serious consequences in work or relationship talk. It sounds serious, but the line is too specific for a standalone phrase page.
Better ways to say it
Otherwise, we could lose everything that we've built.
We could lose everything we've built.
We might lose everything.
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