miss the opportunity

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• miss the boat — If you miss the boat, you are too late to take advantage of an opportunity …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• miss the boat — phrasal : to blunder badly by failing to grasp an opportunity in time or by making a false judgment waiting until after the candidates are nominated is waiting until you have missed the boat Marguerite J. Fisher & D.G.Bishop * * * miss the boat… …   Useful english dictionary

• miss the boat — Synonyms and related words: be behindhand, be late, be overdue, blow the chance, get up late, go amiss, go astray, keep everyone waiting, keep late hours, lose the chance, lose the opportunity, miscarry, misfire, miss, miss an opportunity, miss… …   Moby Thesaurus

• miss the boat —    If you miss the boat, you are too late to take advantage of an opportunity.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you miss the boat, you fail to take advantage of an opportunity because you don t act quickly enough.     I managed to get… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• miss the bus — phrasal : to waste an opportunity : throw away one s chances * * * miss the bus To lose an opportunity • • • Main Entry: ↑bus …   Useful english dictionary

• miss the bus — fail to catch the bus on time; miss an opportunity, muff a chance …   English contemporary dictionary

• miss the boat — lose an opportunity You had better hurry and get your application in or you will miss the boat on entering that new company …   Idioms and examples

• Miss the boat —   If you miss the boat, you are too late to take advantage of an opportunity …   Dictionary of English idioms

• miss the boat — 1. to lose an opportunity that could lead to success. He thinks we re missing the boat on improving relations with Russia. 2. to not understand the importance of something. I believe that people who think this issue is simply going to disappear… …   New idioms dictionary

• miss the boat — verb To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action. The price discount ended yesterday and I just missed the boat on a great deal …   Wiktionary

• miss the boat — informal to fail to take advantage of an opportunity by not taking action quickly enough You should have sold that house a year ago – you missed the boat …   English dictionary