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miss one's tip

miss one's tip verb: to fail in one's plan or attempt.

Verb

miss one's tip (third-person singular simple present misses one's tip, present participle missing one's tip, simple past and past participle missed one's tip)

  1. (archaic, slang) To fail in one's plan or attempt.
    • You attack him for making himself conspicuous at the sale of Shakspeare's house. You seem to think he has missed his tip. No, he hasn't. Scores and scores of the British public, in spite of anything you may say, will connect Shakspeare with George Jones.1847, Punch, Or, The London Charivari, volumes 12-13, page 138

Forms of miss one's tip

third-person singular presentmisses one's tip
present participlemissing one's tip
past participlemissed one's tip
pastmissed one's tip

Questions about miss one's tip

What does miss one's tip mean?
Miss one's tip means to fail in one's plan or attempt.
What part of speech is miss one's tip?
Miss one's tip is a verb.
What is the past tense of miss one's tip?
The past tense of miss one's tip is missed one's tip.

Words near miss one's tip in the dictionary

  1. Miss Havisham–esque
  2. Miss Lucy
  3. Miss Marple
  4. miss off
  5. miss one's guess
  6. miss one's tip
  7. miss oneself
  8. miss out
  9. Miss Piggies
  10. Miss Piggy
  11. Miss Priss

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