Idioms for miss

    miss fire. fire(def 52).

Origin of miss

1
before 900; Middle English missen, Old English missan; cognate with Old Frisian missa, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old High German missen, Old Norse missa to fail to hit or reach

OTHER WORDS FROM miss

miss·a·ble, adjective un·miss·a·ble, adjective un·missed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH miss

midst missed mist

Words nearby miss

misremember, misreport, misrepresent, misrule, misrun, miss, miss a beat, miss by a mile, miss fire, miss is as good as a mile, a, miss julie

British Dictionary definitions for miss out on (1 of 3)

miss 1
/ (mɪs) /

verb

noun

a failure to reach, hit, meet, find, etc
give something a miss informal to avoid (something) give the lecture a miss; give the pudding a miss
See also miss out

Derived forms of miss

missable, adjective

Word Origin for miss

Old English missan (meaning: to fail to hit); related to Old High German missan, Old Norse missa

British Dictionary definitions for miss out on (2 of 3)

miss 2
/ (mɪs) /

noun

informal an unmarried woman or girl, esp a schoolgirl

Word Origin for miss

C17: shortened form of mistress

British Dictionary definitions for miss out on (3 of 3)

Miss
/ (mɪs) /

noun

a title of an unmarried woman or girl, usually used before the surname or sometimes alone in direct address

Word Origin for Miss

C17: shortened from mistress

Idioms and Phrases with miss out on (1 of 2)

miss out on

Lose a chance for, fail to achieve, as in Ruth came late to the party and missed out on all the fun, or Trudy missed out on the promotion. [First half of 1900s] Also see lose out, def. 2.

Idioms and Phrases with miss out on (2 of 2)

miss