miss : Idioms & Phrases
hit-or-miss
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adjective satellite dependent upon or characterized by chance
haphazard.
- a haphazard plan of action
- his judgment is rather hit-or-miss
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missing link
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noun hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
ape-man.
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near miss
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noun an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided
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To miss stays
(Naut.) , to fail in the attempt to go about. Totten.
