单词 | to 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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