miss out on

Idioms  

1. Lose a chance for, fail to achieve, as in Ruth came late to the party and missed out on all the fun, or Trudy missed out on the promotion. [First half of 1900s] Also see lose out, def. 2.

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miss out on

“I do believe we miss out on things when we’re not allowing ourselves to have some of these spontaneous interactions.”

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Then the former owners miss out on a big rebound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“You miss out on recitals, baseball games and Christmas,” said Bewley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

OK, firstly, other Liverpool assets were perhaps unfortunate to miss out on this list - flying full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson were consistently must-have picks.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

“I really don’t want to miss out on this chance to visit the Elwha River. That place was so important to See-yah.”

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day