"go missing" meaning in English

See go missing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: goes missing [present, singular, third-person], going missing [participle, present], went missing [past], gone missing [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<goes,,went,gone>}} go missing (third-person singular simple present goes missing, present participle going missing, simple past went missing, past participle gone missing)
  1. To disappear without explanation; to become lost. Translations (Translations): kʋnia (Choctaw)

Inflected forms

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              17,
              29
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          "ref": "2023 November 1, “Network News: SWR support for Missing People”, in RAIL, number 995, page 21:",
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