| 单词 | give a miss | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give a miss ΚΠ 1819    A. Peirce Rebelliad 		(1842)	 62  				Are there some who scrape and hiss Because you never give a miss. 1851    B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 208  				Miss, an omission of a recitation, or any college exercise. An instructor is said to give a miss, when he omits a recitation. 1852    C. Felton Mem. J. S. Popkin p. lxxvii  				One of the classes applied to the Doctor for what used to be called, in College jargon, a miss. to give (a thing or a person) a miss  d.   to give (a thing or a person) a miss: to omit to do or attend to (something); to avoid, leave alone. ΚΠ 1919    B. Ruck Disturbing Charm  i. ii. 10  				The Professor chose (as he often did) to give lunch a miss. 1927    A. Huxley Let. 17 May 		(1969)	 286  				The result of this will be that we must, alas, give Paris a miss. 1938    E. Bowen Death of Heart  ii. vi. 290  				I'm afraid I've given you rather a miss... But it's been a thickish week, and I got all dated up. 1950    J. Cannan Murder Included vii. 183  				I'm afraid I've given church a miss this morning. 1973    E. Boyd  & R. Parkes Dark Number ix. 91  				I think the CID would be happier if you gave the whole place a miss. 1992    Looks July 52/2  				During the summer months it's best to give the sticky gels and mousses a miss. < as lemmas | 
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