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missing a trick

missing a trick is the present participle and gerund of miss a trick.

Meaning of miss a trick

Verb

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

  1. To allow an advantageous opportunity to pass by.
    • John managed to make a profit on that old car you sold him. He never misses a trick, does he?

Questions about missing a trick

What is missing a trick the present participle and gerund of?
Missing a trick is the present participle and gerund of miss a trick.

Words near missing a trick in the dictionary

  1. missilery
  2. missiles
  3. missilry
  4. missing
  5. missing a beat
  6. missing a trick
  7. missing boundary
  8. missing fire
  9. missing heritability
  10. missing in action
  11. missing in time

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Adapted from Wiktionary: missing a trick (page history and authors); miss a trick (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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