miss
verb
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/mɪs/miss verb (NOT DO)
B1 [ T ]
to fail to do or experience something, often something planned or expected, or to avoid doing or experiencing something:
[ + -ing verb ] I only just missed being run over by a bus this morning.
- avoidAvoid swimming in areas where sharks are known to congregate.
- evadePlease don’t think I’m trying to evade my responsibility.
- dodgeHe tried to dodge his military service.
- run away fromI didn't often run away from difficult decisions.
- shrink fromI've never been one to shrink from a challenge.
- sidestepThis is not a responsibility you can sidestep.
A2 [ T ]
to not go to something:
My office is first on the right with a bright red door. You can't miss it (= it is very easy to find).
A golden eagle is so large and distinctive that no birdwatcher, however inexperienced, could possibly miss it.
- Henri's latest show is simply too good to miss.
- In this game if you give the wrong answer you have to miss a turn.
- She has never missed a single episode of her favourite soap opera.
- He missed two practice sessions so he's out of the team.
- You'll have to make up the work you've missed while you were away.
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoid something like the plague idiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle around
- fight shy of idiom
- insure
- short circuit
- shrink
- shrink from something
- shy away from something
- sit on your arse idiom
- skip out on someone/something
- steer
- welch
- Welsh
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
miss verb (FEEL SAD)
- I miss my mom and dad a lot.
- You'll be sorely missed by everyone here, and we wish you success in your new job.
- She missed Spain and the languor of a siesta on a hot summer afternoon.
- It surprises me how much he misses his sister when she's away - after all, they do nothing but fight when they are together!
- I really miss seeing their happy smiling faces.
miss verb (NOT HIT)
B2 [ I or T ]
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls (something) up
- be on your beam ends idiom
- blow (someone/something) up
- bomb
- egg
- flog a dead horse idiom
- flop
- flub
- flunk out
- founder
- fray around/at the edges idiom
- running on empty idiom
- sclerotic
- screw
- screw (something) up
- sink like a stone idiom
- smoke
miss verb (NOTICE)
Idioms
Phrasal verbs
miss
noun
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