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gave something a miss

gave something a miss is the simple past of give something a miss.

Meaning of give something a miss

Verb

give something a miss (third-person singular simple present gives something a miss, present participle giving something a miss, simple past gave something a miss, past participle given something a miss)

  1. (idiomatic) To forgo something.
    • I decided to give the new book a miss.

Questions about gave something a miss

What is gave something a miss the simple past of?
Gave something a miss is the simple past of give something a miss.

Words near gave something a miss in the dictionary

  1. gave someone to understand
  2. gave someone what for
  3. gave someone what-for
  4. gave someone wood
  5. gave something a go
  6. gave something a miss
  7. gave something a shot
  8. gave something a try
  9. gave something a whirl
  10. gave something up as a bad job
  11. gave suck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gave something a miss (page history and authors); give something a miss (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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