miss a beat in English

Forms: misses a beat [present, singular, third-person], missing a beat [participle, present], missed a beat [participle, past], missed a beat [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} miss a beat (third-person singular simple present misses a beat, present participle missing a beat, simple past and past participle missed a beat)

Inflected forms

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"miss a beat" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms