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, adjectiveWords nearby miss
Example sentences from the Web for missed
British Dictionary definitions for missed (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, adjectiveWord Origin for miss
Old English
missan (meaning: to fail to hit); related to Old High German
missan, Old Norse
missa
British Dictionary definitions for missed (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 missed (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 missed
miss