Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give something a miss

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English

Syllables
give -some-thing a miss
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To forgo something.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

gives something a miss (present, singular) giving something a miss (participle, present) gave something a miss (past) given something a miss (participle, past)

Phrases

pass on

Frequently Paired Words

pass on

Questions

What does give something a miss mean?
To forgo something.

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