I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bullet misses sb/sth
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The bullet narrowly missed her heart.
a button is missing
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Two of the buttons on the jacket were missing.
a shot misses sb/sth (= doesn’t hit them )
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The first shot missed my head by inches.
a wasted/lost/missed opportunity (= one you do not use )
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Many people see the failed talks as a missed opportunity for peace.
avoid/miss the traffic
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I left early, hoping to miss the traffic.
be missing in action (= used to say that a soldier has not returned after a battle and their body has not been found )
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A further 9,000 allied military personnel are still officially listed as missing in action.
lose/miss your footing (= be unable to keep standing or balancing )
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The girl lost her footing and fell about 150 feet.
miss a ball (= not catch or hit it )
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I was trying hard but I kept missing the ball.
miss a class (= not go to one )
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Students who miss classes get behind with their work.
miss a deadline (= fail to finish something by a deadline )
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There will be penalties if the government misses the deadline to cut air pollution.
miss a flight (= arrive too late for a flight )
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Jack overslept and missed his flight.
miss a match (= not play in a match )
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He missed two matches because of an ankle injury.
miss a penalty
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He missed that penalty against France.
miss a target
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All of the missiles missed their target and no-one was killed.
miss a train (= be too late to get on a train )
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I just missed the last train.
miss an appointment (= not go to an appointment you have arranged )
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The train was late so I missed my appointment.
miss sb badly (= feel very sad because you are not with someone you love )
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Lucy was missing Gary badly.
miss the bus (= be too late to get on a bus )
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He woke up late and missed the bus.
miss the point (= not understand it )
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I don't know why but Mel always seems to miss the point.
miss the post (= not post your letter in time for it to be collected )
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If I miss the post today, the card won’t arrive on her birthday.
miss your cue (= not speak or act when you are supposed to )
missed...vocation (= you would have been good at a particular job )
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You missed your vocation .
missing link
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Could this be the missing link in the search for a cure for cancer?
missing person
miss/lose a chance (= not use an opportunity )
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He missed a chance to score just before half time.
miss/lose an opportunity (= not do something you have a chance to do )
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Dwyer never missed an opportunity to criticize her.
report sb/sth missing/injured/killed
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The plane was reported missing.
sorely missed
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Jim will be sorely missed .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
narrowly
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It narrowly misses the corner of an executive's brief case.
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She narrowly missed adding to the silverware in both the mixed and women's doubles too.
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Two or three weeks ago, a crossbow quarrel narrowly missed my face as we crossed the Lawnmarket.
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One girl had a lucky escape when a fence post narrowly missed her head.
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It narrowly missed one of the occupants who was sitting in the front room.
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Bardot was still recovering from shock after narrowly missing being shot earlier this year by hunters killing her pets.
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John Hutt fled down the small village main street, narrowly missing two elderly ladies.
never
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We never missed them when I was young and we all loved our train journeys.
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So it was that I knew what Dan meant when he said he would never miss another funeral.
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It's because they never miss a food or drink trick.
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A four-time all-pro, he never missed a game in his first nine seasons.
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After that we never missed a cut together.
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You and all your women friends want to feel everything, never miss one emotion.
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She had never missed it until now.
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My advice is this: make this writing nonnegotiable; that is, never miss a day.
out
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They can be prepared in advance to ensure you don't miss out on the firework fun.
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Always show a great enthusiasm, which inspires interest, because nobody wants to miss out on a good time. 5.
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But businessmen are scared of missing out on an economy that is now growing at tigerish rates.
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He went close in an international invitation meeting in Dijon on Saturday, but missed out by an agonising 0.12 secs.
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Joanna had missed out on love bites.
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So you can be sure they won't be missing out on anything important.
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The charity planned to have sponsored groups climbing all 277 Munros - but organisers believe Beinn Sgulaird was missed out .
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When I started work I regretted not going for a degree, but promised myself not to miss out .
sorely
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I am sure I am only one of many who will sorely miss this happy-go-lucky golfer.
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But he will be sorely missed .
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Jimmy Phillips has been sorely missed through suspension and will make a welcome return at left back.
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And though no one had said so, the traveling senior warden had not been sorely missed .
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Mrs Collingwood will be sorely missed at Penwortham C.P.
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Conference watchers say his barnstorming oratory's been sorely missed .
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As such a symbol, it will be sorely missed .
still
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Why are there no half-formed sense organs or biochemical networks, with a few links still missing ?
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Raina, who is still missing , was reportedly drugged with methamphetamines and raped March 13.
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She had to face the fact that she still missed him.
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Even when we know some one else well, we still miss much of the intense color and flavor of their life.
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Funny, though, I still miss him.
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She still missed the rocking of the boat.
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But other elements of a fully specified model of an economic system are still missing .
■ NOUN
action
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To avoid missing any action , I've moved inside, from the wing to the rear-view mirror.
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For investors, the realization that inflation remains missing in action is a positive.
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Also useful was the continuous shooting mode ensuring that I didn't miss any of the action as surfers sped past me.
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Woodson has been missing in action completely since tearing up his knee in the season opener.
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Remember to allow for the backspace time before starting each new shot or you may miss part of the action .
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Kip was never finally listed as killed or missing in action .
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For the past decade, Gabe Kaplan has been missing in action from the entertainment trenches.
beat
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In spite of all her worldliness and sophistication, Jacqui's heart missed a beat .
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Woody Harrelson came in for the late Nicholas Colasanto without missing a beat .
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Almost disinterestedly, she turned the paper over, and gave a gasp of shock, her heart missing a beat .
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Through it all Tweedy never missed a beat .
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His McLaren-Honda, which had not turned a wheel until two days before, did not miss a beat .
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They can present, explain, and deliver our solutions without missing a beat .
boat
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True to form, he missed the boat .
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And feminism has missed the boat , Roiphe says, by focusing on the wrong things.
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Now Celtic may have missed the boat !
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But Carlsbad itself is missing the boat in another respect.
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Yet the sense of having missed a once-on-a-lifetime boat remains acute.
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Sorry, I missed the boat .
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Frankly, he's missed the boat with Rosa.
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On certain policy issues, politicians also miss the boat .
bus
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On one occasion when he was late for work I questioned him and he said he had missed the bus .
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Rich Brooks looked like a guy who missed the last bus to work.
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I suppose to a 12-year-old kid, missing the bus is a pretty big deal.
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Anfield defender Mark Wright will travel to join his team-mates later today after missing the team bus travelling to Crystal Palace.
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One chilly evening at a crossroads gas station I offered a ride to a young woman who had missed her bus .
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Luke Bouverie missed the last bus out of Woodborough to Loxford, so he thumbed a lift.
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Their own daughter had lingered at home and missed the bus which she normally would have taken to her job last Sunday.
chance
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However, though I had missed a chance , the advantages were now all on my side and distinctly in my favour.
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Emily, you missed your chance .
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In some countries if you miss a chance to fly it may be weeks before the weather allows you another opportunity.
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I miss the chance to swap stories with friends.
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Now, as many times before, the City is missing a chance to put the system right.
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I knew I'd missed my chance when that happened.
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Trust Spittals not to miss a chance to get into the papers, thought Dexter with a snort.
deadline
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Bidders missing the deadline for offers or not shortlisted for the second phase may not be readmitted.
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A federal law spells out the penalties for missing the deadline to cut air pollution.
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Subconsciously I was terrified of missing my two-hourly deadline .
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Maybe it was the missed deadline that raised the issue; it made everyone irritable.
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Yet the obstacles that it has run into make it probable that even it will miss the end-1992 deadline .
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Minor mistakes or missing the May 15 deadline could end in the loss of payments.
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If you have missed the deadline you need to act promptly to minimise any further charges.
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The obvious implication is that many asylum seekers may miss the deadline and lose the chance to appeal.
game
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But Tracey is likely to miss three more games with a shoulder injury.
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Sophomore Paige Bowie, who missed the last 11 games with a broken hand, has star potential.
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Celtic-bound Paul Bryne will miss the game through injury.
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Tim Alexander may return to quarterback Oregon State against Stanford after missing the past two games with a hamstring pull.
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Colquhoun suffered a back injury in training yesterday and is almost certain to miss today's game against Brentford.
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No way I was going to miss that game .
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And I was missing too many games complaining of a bad knee when there was nothing really wrong with it.
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Then he dislocated his shoulder in practice and missed five games .
games
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But Michael Thomas could be back after missing the last two games with a twisted ankle.
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Sophomore Paige Bowie, who missed the last 11 games with a broken hand, has star potential.
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But Tracey is likely to miss three more games with a shoulder injury.
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Tim Alexander may return to quarterback Oregon State against Stanford after missing the past two games with a hamstring pull.
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And I was missing too many games complaining of a bad knee when there was nothing really wrong with it.
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Hostetler rejoined the lineup Sunday, after missing two games with strained ligaments in his right knee.
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Meanwhile, United's John Beresford returns against his former club Portsmouth tomorrow after missing four games through injury.
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He got plenty of help from Hill, who missed 61 games because of a horrible-looking fracture to his left wrist.
heart
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In spite of all her worldliness and sophistication, Jacqui's heart missed a beat.
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Almost disinterestedly, she turned the paper over, and gave a gasp of shock, her heart missing a beat.
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She turned round slowly and her heart missed a beat.
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When Harry replied to her letters, her heart never failed to miss a beat as she recognized his handwriting.
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Breathing and blood were stopped; her mind emptied, muscles went paralysed and even her heart skipped, missing a beat.
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Endill's heart missed a beat.
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A man appeared in the doorway and Claudia's heart missed a beat.
mark
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The bundled software, aimed at children, missed its mark .
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As a welfare program, the minimum wage misses the mark because it worsens the status of the most disadvantaged youths.
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In your recent coverage of Novell's letter of intent to purchase Unix System Laboratories you've really missed the mark .
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The movie itself simply misses the mark .
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But, put like this, the objection misses its mark .
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All too often, national political coverage misses the mark .
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In the electronic community, these efforts will either fall short or miss the mark entirely.
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But the show missed the mark on other aspects of police work, the group said.
match
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He was skipper of the relegated Robins side last year and missed just one match .
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It could mean him missing the next match as a result.
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Influence Dewi Morris is back at scrum-half after missing the middle match of the divisional season.
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What's more, I got back home late, and missed most of the match on Sportsnight.
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After being ruled out of Leeds' championship run-in last season, he's now set to miss Saturday's match against Wimbledon.
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Winger John Hendrie misses the match with a calf injury.
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Les Smith - who at 77 never misses a match - is one of many left bitterly disappointed.
opportunity
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He didn't miss an opportunity .
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Because the Clinton-Gore 1996 campaign is determined not to miss any opportunities .
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But those who maintain this state of untroubled innocence have missed an opportunity .
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This was more frustrating because of the missed opportunities .
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The Swifts keeper, Patterson, saved well from Woods, who later missed a good opportunity to put the Olympic ahead.
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Of course, we had an excuse; we had to have an excuse for missing such a huge opportunity .
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Not being a woman to miss an opportunity , she described their previous meeting.
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But the country as a whole may have missed a golden opportunity to put its fiscal house in order.
penalty
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The second half was keenly fought, but neither side managed to score, although Trojans missed a penalty flick.
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Eight different players have missed penalties for Arsenal this season, but Henry made no mistake.
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He missed one penalty to touch and one at goal after taking over the goalkicking after an earlier miss by Logan.
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He also missed a penalty moments before the final whistle.
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Bristol's new fly-half Andy May missed five penalties as his side went down 16-6 to Northampton.
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Wright also missed a penalty and was booked, but his goal dented Norwich's title hopes even further.
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The Bees missed a penalty and had a Marcus Gayle goal disallowed, while the Tranmere winner looked suspiciously off-side.
point
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This, however, misses a crucial point .
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There are even photographs of writers who owe a debt to Twain, in case you miss the point .
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Like so many emotional slanging matches between old families and new, they all seem to be missing the point .
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Well, M &038; M missed a few real-world points in their original theoretical argument.
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Yet to focus on the facts is to miss the point .
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The analysts' either / or suggestion, however missed the point .
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This, however, rather missed the point , since even cheap fares serve little purpose if there are no trains.
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Has Ingeborg missed the point of the dream, I wonder.
season
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Lets hope it's the last one of those type of chances that he missed this season .
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Originally expected to be out until August, he is now expected to miss the season .
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Sterland has missed the whole season so far with ankle ligament damage.
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But a recurring bout with vertigo caused Clark to miss the 1995 season .
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He had been released by the Bullets and had missed the entire season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
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Although he only missed one game last season , Smith played in pain.
target
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These attacks missed their political targets , though they left a child dead.
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But the interceptor missed its target in a second test in January.
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All of the missiles missed their target and the attacks resulted in no casualties and little damage to property.
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What if he missed the target now?
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I can't confirm that but I do remember the one occasion that he missed his target .
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It missed the target by several feet.
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They missed their target but killed eighteen bystanders and injured many more.
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If we had drilled that prospect, we would have missed our main target .
train
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I had to go - I had a meeting in town and I didn't want to miss the train .
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They took a drive and missed the last train to Wareham.
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Back in the main street of Ballinasloe, I had to act fast, or I would miss my train .
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I missed the slower trains with the lounge cars and the rackety wheels.
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We talked until I missed the last train .
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You may miss the train unless you go at once.
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It might only save seconds, but seconds can make the difference between missing a train and getting to work.
trick
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Cody doesn't miss a trick .
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Oh, he didn't miss a trick .
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His lazy, supercilious eyes, too, managed their affectation of aloofness without actually missing a trick .
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Is Wall Street missing a trick ?
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The only trouble was that although he never missed a trick , he was dreadfully slow.
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Never missed a trick , old Steenie.
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I didn't want to miss a trick .
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When it comes to promotion, the Disney people don't miss a trick .
■ VERB
report
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It is understood he was reported missing from a dependency unit at South Cleveland hospital earlier in the day.
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Daytona Beach Police started searching for Seay on Dec. 23, 1988, when she was reported missing .
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Divers alert: A major rescue operation was launched yesterday after two divers were reported missing off Redcar.
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Kathleen Wade was reported missing on the morning of September 20, 1986.
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The bank, which went into receivership on Feb. 2, was reported to be missing around F80,000,000.
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No one reported the victim missing .
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Roderick flew to Jersey a week later to report his parents missing .
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It was his aunt, Charlotte LeBlanc, who had reported him missing Wednesday.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hit/miss the mark
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All too often, national political coverage misses the mark .
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As a welfare program, the minimum wage misses the mark because it worsens the status of the most disadvantaged youths.
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But the show missed the mark on other aspects of police work, the group said.
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In any book of several hundred pages you're bound to hit the mark occasionally.
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In your recent coverage of Novell's letter of intent to purchase Unix System Laboratories you've really missed the mark .
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The movie itself simply misses the mark .
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The umpires green-flagged the crash but penalised Stripes for hitting the mark , effectively giving Kanza the race.
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Words don't always hit the mark , do they?
missing in action
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Discussion covered procedures for avoiding accidental clashes, disclosing the location of mines, and exchanging information about those missing in action.
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For investors, the realization that inflation remains missing in action is a positive.
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For the past decade, Gabe Kaplan has been missing in action from the entertainment trenches.
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Kip was never finally listed as killed or missing in action.
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Woodson has been missing in action completely since tearing up his knee in the season opener.
near miss
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The asteroid flew within 106,000 miles of Earth, which astronomers considered a near miss.
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There were two near misses on the airport's runways between 1998 and 1999.
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He had had numerous prangs and near misses in his motoring life and not one of them had been his fault.
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Julie Worden and Charlton Boyd meet in a skittish duet, marked by sudden departures, near misses and unexpected evasive leaps.
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None the less, we do have records of many near misses from relatively modern sources.
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Owen had, however, the sense of relief that follows a near miss.
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The little girl who had had the near miss with the blackboard was the daughter of a minister.
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There were lots of near misses: some great saves from both keepers, and sheer bad luck.
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They had a near miss on the Ober Gabelhorn summit.
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Thus near misses of comets and asteroids are well documented by modern observations, and grazing impacts also occur.
never miss a trick
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Mrs. White knew we hadn't studied - she never misses a trick .
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But then he never missed a trick .
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The only trouble was that although he never missed a trick , he was dreadfully slow.
sb's heart misses/skips a beat
the missing link
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By the time we got there we'd missed the beginning of the movie.
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Darrow fired several shots at the receptionist but missed.
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Did you miss me when I was in Hawaii?
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I miss Mom, don't you?
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I missed the bus and had to wait half an hour for the next one.
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I can think of so many things I'll really miss when I leave.
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I think I've missed the last bus.
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It's easy to miss the entrance - the sign is hidden behind a tree.
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It tastes so great, you won't miss the fat.
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It was great living in Prague, but I really missed all my friends.
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Jo spotted a mistake that everyone else had missed.
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Let's hurry back so we don't miss the start of the game.
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She missed the exit and had to turn around.
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Terry's illness caused him to miss a whole month of school.
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The Colts missed their first seven attempts at the goal.
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Two inspections missed the fault in the engine that led to the crash.
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What did he say? I missed it.
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When are you coming home? I miss you.
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You'd better hurry or you'll miss the start of the show.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And now for the stories - the places missed, the villages seen, the friendly locals.
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He fired, missed, fired, missed.
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It was real windy up there and if you missed your footing you didn't get a second chance.
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Lets hope it's the last one of those type of chances that he missed this season.
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Sorry to let you down like this, and miss the drinks and the lunch and the first bit of p.m.
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Vanderbilt had a chance to take the lead, but Freije missed a jumper from the baseline.
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Well, some years I missed, but then other years I came twice.
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White says those answered correctly by low-scoring students but missed by the high scorers are eliminated.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
near
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Owen had, however, the sense of relief that follows a near miss .
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None the less, we do have records of many near misses from relatively modern sources.
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I was below, completely unaware of this near miss .
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The little girl who had had the near miss with the blackboard was the daughter of a minister.
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Donaldson's took a near miss , but George Watson's was not so lucky, its top two floors being destroyed.
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At last, after several near misses , I fall flat on my face.
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They joke about the near-misses as their cars skid on the ice that lines the road to the colliery.
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Rarer are stories of near misses of Earth by cosmic projectiles.
■ VERB
give
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John. Give Rose Hilaire a miss .
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I've a good mind to give it a miss .
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You were right to give it a miss , my friend.
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Some people love the atmosphere of refuges; others, myself included, would rather give them a miss .
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So I decided to give it a miss that day.
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If Avostar gives this one a miss then Another Machine may be the right one.
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Even the ducks seemed to be giving it a miss .
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We considered giving it a miss , but decided it would look rude.
hit
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Putilin isn't helped by Yuri Alexandrov's production, an awkwardly hit-and-miss effort.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be posted missing
missing in action
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Discussion covered procedures for avoiding accidental clashes, disclosing the location of mines, and exchanging information about those missing in action.
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For investors, the realization that inflation remains missing in action is a positive.
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For the past decade, Gabe Kaplan has been missing in action from the entertainment trenches.
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Kip was never finally listed as killed or missing in action.
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Woodson has been missing in action completely since tearing up his knee in the season opener.
near miss
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The asteroid flew within 106,000 miles of Earth, which astronomers considered a near miss.
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There were two near misses on the airport's runways between 1998 and 1999.
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He had had numerous prangs and near misses in his motoring life and not one of them had been his fault.
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Julie Worden and Charlton Boyd meet in a skittish duet, marked by sudden departures, near misses and unexpected evasive leaps.
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None the less, we do have records of many near misses from relatively modern sources.
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Owen had, however, the sense of relief that follows a near miss.
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The little girl who had had the near miss with the blackboard was the daughter of a minister.
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There were lots of near misses: some great saves from both keepers, and sheer bad luck.
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They had a near miss on the Ober Gabelhorn summit.
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Thus near misses of comets and asteroids are well documented by modern observations, and grazing impacts also occur.
sb's heart misses/skips a beat
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Excuse me, miss , could I have another glass of water?
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Murphy scored 78 consecutive foul shots without a miss .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And it remains to be seen if re- signing Greg Vaughn will be a hit or a miss .
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At last, after several near misses, I fall flat on my face.
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But straight after he landed a miss hit safely into the hands of Munton.
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I told him to take a miss on the instruction part.
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Oh, thank you, miss .
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Yet for the moment there is still hope, a desperate hope of a near miss .