intransitive. = miss, v.1

transitive. To fail to get, obtain, receive, or acquire; to come short of, go without (something that it is possible or desirable to have).

To fail to gain, attain, or win: = lose, v.1 7, 8; absol. to lose the battle, be defeated: = lose, v.1 8b.

transitive. To come short of; to miss, not to obtain. Also absol. Obsolete.

To fail to obtain (something one might have had): occasionally const. to. Also, to fail to catch (a train, etc.). †to lose aim: to miss one's mark.

to come short. to come short of: (a) to fail to reach (a standard); not to equal in some quality; to be something less than, not to amount to…

intransitive. To fail to catch or grasp something. Obsolete. rare.