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miss out on
Idioms and Phrases
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.Example Sentences
Nevertheless, the figure United would miss out on is eye-watering and would be bound to impact on their transfer strategy, on top of reducing the attractiveness of joining the Old Trafford outfit in the first place.
On Tuesday in the Senedd Morgan made a statement on steel funding, and whether Port Talbot would miss out on its share of £2.5bn set aside for steel by the UK government because the money will end up in Scunthorpe instead.
If you only just miss out on the grades you need to get on to a university or college course, the admissions office might accept you anyway or offer you a place on a different course.
Les Bleues last travelled to Twickenham in 2023, where they scored 33 second-half points to narrowly miss out on an incredible comeback.
The consequences of these delays are profound: children miss out on critical early interventions; families face unnecessary stress, and our society loses the opportunity to fully support neurodiverse individuals from the start.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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