"miss a beat" meaning in English

See miss a beat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misses a beat [present, singular, third-person], missing a beat [participle, present], missed a beat [participle, past], missed a beat [past]
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)
  1. Alternative form of skip a beat Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: skip a beat
    Sense id: en-miss_a_beat-en-verb-4MPlkn4m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for miss a beat meaning in English (1.3kB)

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