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{
"etymology_text": "Allusion to failing to catch a boat in time, effectively “missing” the boat. Popular since the 1920s.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "misses the boat",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "missing the boat",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "missed the boat",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "missed the boat",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "miss the boat (third-person singular simple present misses the boat, present participle missing the boat, simple past and past participle missed the boat)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [
"Terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The price discount ended yesterday and I just missed the boat on a great deal.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "As for food delivery technology, our company missed the boat, the harbor, and the ocean.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action."
],
"id": "en-miss_the_boat-en-verb-aCTTW8Xc",
"links": [
[
"fail",
"fail"
],
[
"advantage",
"advantage"
],
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
],
[
"overlook",
"overlook"
],
[
"late",
"late"
],
[
"option",
"option"
],
[
"course of action",
"course of action"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "that ship has sailed"
},
{
"word": "miss out"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ase",
"english": "TRAIN GO SORRY; TRAIN",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "1@NearHand-FingerUp-1@InsideChesthigh-FingerUp 1@NearHand-FingerForward-1@DistalInsideChesthigh-FingerForward A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "錯過機會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cuòguò jīhuì",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "错过机会"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "de boot missen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "miss the train",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "myöhästyä junasta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "manquer le coche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "rater le coche"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "verða af tækifæri"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "perdere il treno"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pójezd ušól",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "по́езд ушёл"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v proljóte",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "в пролёте"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "perder el tren"
}
]
}
],
"word": "miss the boat"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Allusion to failing to catch a boat in time, effectively “missing” the boat. Popular since the 1920s.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "misses the boat",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "missing the boat",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "missed the boat",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "missed the boat",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "miss the boat (third-person singular simple present misses the boat, present participle missing the boat, simple past and past participle missed the boat)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The price discount ended yesterday and I just missed the boat on a great deal.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "As for food delivery technology, our company missed the boat, the harbor, and the ocean.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action."
],
"links": [
[
"fail",
"fail"
],
[
"advantage",
"advantage"
],
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
],
[
"overlook",
"overlook"
],
[
"late",
"late"
],
[
"option",
"option"
],
[
"course of action",
"course of action"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "that ship has sailed"
},
{
"word": "miss out"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ase",
"english": "TRAIN GO SORRY; TRAIN",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "1@NearHand-FingerUp-1@InsideChesthigh-FingerUp 1@NearHand-FingerForward-1@DistalInsideChesthigh-FingerForward A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "錯過機會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cuòguò jīhuì",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "错过机会"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "de boot missen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "miss the train",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "myöhästyä junasta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "manquer le coche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "rater le coche"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "verða af tækifæri"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "perdere il treno"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pójezd ušól",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "по́езд ушёл"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v proljóte",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "в пролёте"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fail to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "perder el tren"
}
],
"word": "miss the boat"
}
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