MISS THE BOAT (OR BUS)

Meaning of MISS THE BOAT (OR BUS) in English

miss the boat ( or bus)

informal

be too slow to take advantage of something.

→ miss

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

BUS — I Device on a computer's motherboard that provides a data path between the CPU and attached devices (keyboard, mouse, disk …
Английский словарь Британика
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MISS — I. ˈmis verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English missen, from Old English missan; akin to Old High German missan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUS — I. ˈbəs noun ( plural bus·es or bus·ses -sə̇z) Usage: often attributive Etymology: short for omnibus 1. a. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOAT — I. ˈbōt, usu -d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English boot, from Old English bāt; akin to Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MISS — (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; …
Английский словарь Webster
MISS — ( v. t. ) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MISS — miss 1 — missable , adj. /mis/ , v.t. 1. to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUS — bus 1 /bus/ , n. , pl. buses, busses , v. , bused or bussed, busing or bussing . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOAT — — boatable , adj. — boatless , adj. /boht/ , n. 1. a vessel for transport by water, constructed to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUS — v. ride on a bus; transport by bus; transport students by bus to another school district in an effort to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MISS — I. ˈmis verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English missan; akin to Old High German missan to miss Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUS — I. ˈbəs noun ( plural bus·es also bus·ses ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: short for omnibus Date: circa 1909 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOAT — I. ˈbōt noun Etymology: Middle English boot, from Old English bāt; akin to Old Norse beit boat Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MISS — noun harm from mistake. 2. miss ·noun mistake; error; fault. 3. miss ·noun loss; want; felt absence. 4. miss ·noun …
Webster English vocab
BOAT — vi to go or row in a boat. 2. boat ·vt to place in a boat; as, to boat oars. …
Webster English vocab
MISS — [miss] vb [ME, fr. OE missan; akin to OHG missan to miss] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to fail to hit, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOAT — [boat] n [ME boot, fr. OE bat; akin to ON beit boat] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a small vessel for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUS — also called Omnibus, any of a class of large self-propelled, wheeled vehicles that are designed to carry passengers, generally on …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUS — bus BrE AmE bʌs ▷ bused, bussed bʌst (= bust) ▷ buses, busses ˈbʌs ɪz -əz ▷ busing, bussing ˈbʌs …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MISS — / mɪs; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb NOT HIT, CATCH, etc. 1. to fail to hit, catch, reach, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUS — / bʌs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. buses , US also busses ) 1. a large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOAT — / bəʊt; NAmE boʊt/ noun 1. a vehicle (smaller than a ship) that travels on water, moved by oars , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MISS — I. miss 1 S1 W2 /mɪs/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: verb : ↑ miss ; noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUS — I. bus 1 S1 W2 /bʌs/ BrE AmE noun ( plural buses or busses especially American English ) [countable] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOAT — boat S1 W2 /bəʊt $ boʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: bat ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MISS — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUS — n. & v. --n. (pl. buses or US busses) 1 a large passenger vehicle, esp. one serving the public on …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small vessel propelled on water by an engine, oars, or sails. 2 (in general …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MISS — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUS — n. & v. n. (pl. buses or US busses) 1 a large passenger vehicle, esp. one serving the public on …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small vessel propelled on water by an engine, oars, or sails. 2 (in general …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
MISS — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). …
Oxford English vocab
BUS — n. & v. --n. (pl. buses or US busses) 1. a large passenger vehicle, esp. one serving the public on …
Oxford English vocab
BOAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small vessel propelled on water by an engine, oars, or sails. 2 (in general …
Oxford English vocab
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MISS — ( misses, missing, missed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Please look at …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUS — ( buses, busses, bussing, bussed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOAT — ( boats) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A boat is something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MISS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bullet misses sb/sth ▪ The bullet narrowly missed her heart. a button is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car/bus/train etc ride ▪ The resort is a short bus ride away from …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUS — [noun] [C] [plural] buses or US also busses - a large motor vehicle in which people are driven from one …
Cambridge English vocab
BOAT — [noun] [C] - a small vehicle for travelling on water, or (informal) a shipa rowing/sailing boata fishing boatWe took turns …
Cambridge English vocab
MISS — (TITLE) [noun] - a title or form of address for a girl or a woman who has never been marriedDr …
Cambridge English vocab
BUS — n. Large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule. The first gasoline-powered …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BUS — n. Device on a computer's motherboard that provides a data path between the CPU and attached devices (keyboard, mouse, disk …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MISS — Synonyms and related words : abandon, avoid, babe, baby, bachelor girl, be bereaved of, be blind to, be caught out, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOAT — Synonyms and related words : almadia, argosy, ark, auto, autocar, automobile, auxiliary, barge, bark, bottom, bucket, buggy, bus, buss, canoe, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MISS — n. 25B6; verb the shot missed her by inches : FAIL TO HIT, be/go wide of, fall short of. Mandy …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BUS — < architecture > One of the sets of conductors (wires, PCB tracks or connections in an integrated circuit ) connecting …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
MISS — 1) (Miss) мисс (ставится перед фамилией незамужней женщины, напр., Miss Brown; если в семье Браунов несколько дочерей, то старшая именуется …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
BOAT — n. vessel, craft, skiff, small craft, motor boat, speedboat, knockabout, runabout, yacht, motor yacht, sailing-yacht, Brit rowing-boat, sailing-boat, US row-boat, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BUS — noun BAD : The best way to see London is to get in a bus. GOOD : The best way …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
BUS — The internal pathways (data bus, address bus, and control bus) of wires connecting various parts of a computer. Common standards …
Jensen's Technology English Glossary
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MISS — I 1. сущ. 1) потеря, утрата; недостаток, отсутствие we felt the miss of you ≈ мы чувствовали, как нам тебя …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUS — 1. сущ. 1) автобус; омнибус to drive a bus ≈ водить автобус to board, get on; catch a bus ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOAT — 1. сущ. 1) лодка; шлюпка; корабль; судно; подводная лодка to take the boat ≈ сесть на корабль to row boat …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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