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(ambitransitive, physical) To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
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(ambitransitive, physical) To avoid hitting.
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(transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.
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(transitive) To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.
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(transitive) To avoid or escape.
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(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
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(transitive) To fail to understand.
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(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
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(transitive) To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
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(transitive, mostly continuous tenses) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).
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(transitive, slang) To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
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(poker, said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
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(sports) To fail to score (a goal).
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(intransitive, obsolete) To go wrong; to err.
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(intransitive, obsolete) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.