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miss a cog

miss a cog verb: to go wrong.

Verb

miss a cog (third-person singular simple present misses a cog, present participle missing a cog, simple past and past participle missed a cog)

  1. To go wrong.
    • To-day something missed a cog and whatever it was N. is now all but satisfied that G.T. is not the authentic.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Forms of miss a cog

third-person singular presentmisses a cog
present participlemissing a cog
past participlemissed a cog
pastmissed a cog

Questions about miss a cog

What does miss a cog mean?
Miss a cog means to go wrong.
What part of speech is miss a cog?
Miss a cog is a verb.
What is the past tense of miss a cog?
The past tense of miss a cog is missed a cog.

Words near miss a cog in the dictionary

  1. misrunning
  2. misruns
  3. miss
  4. Miss 'Rona
  5. miss a beat
  6. miss a cog
  7. miss a trick
  8. Miss Ann
  9. Miss Anns
  10. Miss Austenish
  11. miss click

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