Collocation
miss a deadline
Definition
to fail to finish or submit something by the required time
'miss a deadline' is a common English collocation. to fail to finish or submit something by the required time
miss + a/the + deadline
“If we miss a deadline, the client may cancel the contract.”
Examples
- I can’t _____ a deadline again—my manager is already upset.
- She _____ the deadline by two days because her computer crashed.
- If we _____ the deadline, we’ll have to pay a late fee.
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- They’ve never _____ a deadline on this project until now.
- We can’t afford to _____ the deadline for the grant application.
- Try not to _____ the deadline—submit the report before Friday afternoon.
- He apologized for having _____ the deadline without warning anyone.
- The team would have _____ the deadline if Maria hadn’t stayed late to help.
- By the time we realized the data was incomplete, we had already _____ the deadline.
More verb + article + nouns
- make a promise to state that you will definitely do something or that something will happen
- make a plan to decide in advance what you will do and how you will do it
- make a suggestion to propose an idea or possible plan for others to consider
- make a list to write down items in an organized way, usually to plan or remember things
- make a noise to produce a sound, often unwanted or noticeable