"miss oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misses oneself [present, singular, third-person], missing oneself [participle, present], missed oneself [participle, past], missed oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} miss oneself (third-person singular simple present misses oneself, present participle missing oneself, simple past and past participle missed oneself)
  1. (UK) To miss an enjoyable experience through not being in the right place at the right time. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-miss_oneself-en-verb-JRpO1jxd Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see miss, oneself.
    Sense id: en-miss_oneself-en-verb-XzNYaweF

Inflected forms

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