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Collocations for miss - noun

Miss is used after these nouns:
penalty

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Collocations for miss - verb

1. not hit/catch/reach sth

ADVERB

completely
barely, just, narrowly, nearly
The plane crashed, narrowly missing a hotel.
somehow
The bullet somehow missed his heart.
badly
She attempted to hit the ball but missed badly.

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PREPOSITION

by
The bullet missed his head by only a few inches.

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2. not hear/see/understand

ADVERB

completely
He completely missed the point of what I was saying.
easily

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VERB + miss

cannot
The station is just down this road on the left. You can't miss it.

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3. feel sad because sb is not with you

ADVERB

badly, dearly, desperately, dreadfully (esp. BrE), a lot, really, terribly, truly, very much
Your father misses you terribly.
I still miss her a lot.
We really miss you!

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PHRASES

be greatly missed, be sadly missed, be sorely missed
Anne will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

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Miss is used with these nouns as the subject:
arrow, bullet, missile, shot

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Miss is used with these nouns as the object:
appointment, ball, boat, bus, call, catch, chance, class, clue, connection, corner, cue, curfew, deadline, episode, essence, flight, footing, joke, lecture, lesson, line, luxury, mark, meet, opportunity, penalty, period, pitch, plane, point, session, shot, sign, smash, stop, tackle, target, thing, train, tram, turn, turn-off, turning, tutorial, vocation, workout

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