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miss
verb
to inject a drug intravenously, 1998
Humorous use of an antonym.- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003
▶ miss a trick
to fail to take advantage of a situation UK, 1943- [Jon Snow] said he thought Channel 4 News “missed a trick” in not bidding for the Tony Blair interview marking the prime minister’s five years in power. — Guardian, 10 June 2002
▶ miss out on
to lose an opportunity, to fail to achieve something US, 1929- Britain’s Dean Macey missed out on winning a medal in the decathlon in the Olympic Stadium today. — Guardian, 28 September 2000
▶ miss the boat
to lose an opportunity, to be late for something UK, 1929
Originally nautical.- But at least the Spanish have got a new currency [the euro] to ignore. Whereas we’ve missed the boat so badly it feels like we haven’t found the ocean. — Guardian, 3 January 2002
▶ miss the bus
to lose an opportunity UK, 1915
▶ miss the pink and pot the brown
to engage in heterosexual anal intercourse UK
A snooker metaphor playing on “pink” (the open vagina) and “brown” (the anus).- Yeah, y’know, threesomes, missing the pink and potting the brown. — Colin Butts, Is Harry on the Boat?, p. 21, 1997
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