"miss the mark" meaning in English

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      "form": "misses the mark",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "missing the mark",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "missed the mark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "missed the mark",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fail to hit the target."
      ],
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          "target",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a projectile) To fail to hit the target."
      ],
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        "of a projectile"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The party's manifesto missed the mark and failed to attract people's attention.",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "To fail to achieve the intended result."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To fail to achieve the intended result."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "word": "wide of the mark"
        }
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "missed the mark",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "missed 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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      "glosses": [
        "To fail to achieve the intended result."
      ],
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        "(figurative) To fail to achieve the intended result."
      ],
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