to miss a deadline
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3.6
- phrasal verb
:
perder un plazo
- And there's no one to blame but yourself when things go wrong and you miss a deadline.
- never miss a deadline
Examples
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We missed a deadline.
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If you're going to miss a deadline, you probably know it, so mitigating it up front before you miss it can also be a good way to avoid disaster.
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Did you or did you not miss a deadline?
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You've never missed a deadline.
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And if I miss a deadline, it'll mess up a lot of people.
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If the PA person misses a deadline, call him or her on it, and if it's repeated, impose consequences.
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The sense of failure I get when I miss a deadline is deflating, especially when it's a deadline that I've told people about for months.
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If you live in a deadline-driven world at work, or you're in school, you know that excuses aren't going to help if you miss a deadline.
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I know since his wife passed away last year he's been a little reclusive, but as long as I've known Ernest, he's never missed a deadline.
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You must submit your project by Friday; missing the deadline could affect your grade.
Synonyms
136
2.9
Not enough time left to finish something
Antonyms
How Behind
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to fail to submit or complete something by the required time' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'miss' (to fail to catch or fail to attend/meet) with 'deadline' (the due time). The indefinite article 'a' is semantically neutral here, and the verb+noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand the expression.
Etymology
Miss a deadline creates a simple picture: think of a race where the finish line is the deadline, and if you do not reach it in time you miss it. So, it means 'to fail to finish or hand in something on time'.