miss out

present singular third person misses out · participle present missing out · participle past missed out · past missed out

1. intransitivetransitiveTo miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.

   Anybody who does not try the homemade ice cream is really missing out.

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   Oh my good gracious me, look at that. Whoa! Quick! What is it? I can't explain it. You're just going to have to come over here and look out this window for a while. Whatever it is, we're not interested. Well. I have to say you're missing out.

   2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4

   The final started with £85m worth of striking talent on the bench as Carroll was a Liverpool substitute and Chelsea's Fernando Torres missed out on a starting place against his former club.

   2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2018

   He missed out on the chance to date her in high school. Now, she's married.

2. UKtransitiveTo leave out, to omit.

   People often miss out the "l" in "vulnerable".

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   He made a list of children in the class but missed out Sally.

   DOCTOR (as the TARDIS is showing pictures of his previous companions): Miss out the metal dog, why don't you?

   2010 November 8, Meanwhile, in the TARDIS... (mini-episodes included in the fifth season of Doctor Who)

   "That's because we recognise these towns do have a significant population who need to travel, and they've been kind of missed out."

   2024 December 11, David Stubbings, “Network News: Go-op targets 2026 start for open access to Taunton”, in RAIL, number 1024, page 13

   Synonyms: exclude, miss off