miss out

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

1. To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.
   • 2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4:

     Oh my good gracious me, look at that. Whoa! Quick!
     What is it?
     I can't explain it. You're just going to have to come over here and look out this window for a while.
     Whatever it is, we're not interested.
     Well. I have to say you're missing out.

   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:

     The final started with £85m worth of striking talent on the bench as Carroll was a Liverpool substitute and Chelsea's Fernando Torres missed out on a starting place against his former club.

   Anybody who does not try the homemade ice cream is really missing out.

   He missed out on the chance to date her in high school. Now, she's married.

2. (chiefly British) To leave out, to omit.
   • 2010 November 8, Meanwhile, in the TARDIS... (mini-episodes included in the fifth season of Doctor Who):

     DOCTOR (as the TARDIS is showing pictures of his previous companions): Miss out the metal dog, why don't you?

   • 2024 December 11, David Stubbings, “Network News: Go-op targets 2026 start for open access to Taunton”, in RAIL, number 1024, page 13:

     "That's because we recognise these towns do have a significant population who need to travel, and they've been kind of missed out."

• (leave out): exclude, miss off; see also Thesaurus:omit

• fear of missing out

• miss off