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missing the bus

missing the bus is the present participle and gerund of miss the bus.

Meaning of miss the bus

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of miss the boat.
    Synonyms:
    miss the boat

Questions about missing the bus

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

Words near missing the bus in the dictionary

  1. missing someone's point
  2. missing stair
  3. missing stairs
  4. missing stays
  5. missing the boat
  6. missing the bus
  7. missing the forest for the trees
  8. missing the mark
  9. missing the memo
  10. missing the point
  11. missing the wood for the trees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: missing the bus (page history and authors); miss the bus (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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