"miss the mark" meaning in English

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      "form": "missing the mark",
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    {
      "form": "missed the mark",
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      "form": "missed the mark",
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      "glosses": [
        "To fail to hit the target."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a projectile) To fail to hit the target."
      ],
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          "text": "The party's manifesto missed the mark and failed to attract people's attention.",
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        "To fail to achieve the intended result."
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        "(figurative) To fail to achieve the intended result."
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          "word": "wide of the mark"
        }
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        "To fail to hit the target."
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        "(of a projectile) To fail to hit the target."
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        "To fail to achieve the intended result."
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        "(figurative) To fail to achieve the intended result."
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