miss

1. verb

1)

the shot missed her by inches

Syn:

go wide of, fall short of, pass, overshoot

2)

I left early to miss the traffic

Syn:

avoid, beat, evade, escape, dodge, sidestep, elude, circumvent, bypass

3)

she missed him when he was away

Syn:

pine for, yearn for, ache for, long for

4)

she never missed a meeting

Syn:

fail to attend, be absent from, play truant from, cut, skip, omit; Brit.; informal skive off

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Ant:

hit, catch, attend

2. noun

one hit and three misses

Syn:

failure, omission, slip, error, mistake

Phrases:

miss someone/something out