Collocation
miss a flight
Definition
to arrive too late to catch a scheduled airplane trip
'miss a flight' is a common English collocation. to arrive too late to catch a scheduled airplane trip
miss + a/your + flight
“We left late and missed our flight to Paris.”
Examples
- Hurry up, or we’ll _____ our flight.
- She _____ her flight because the taxi got stuck in traffic.
- If you don’t leave now, you might _____ your flight.
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- They nearly _____ their flight when security took an hour.
- I’ve never _____ a flight before, so I’m extra careful.
- We can’t afford to _____ the flight—our hotel check-in ends at 10.
- He was late to the airport and ended up _____ his flight.
- Had we waited for another coffee, we would have _____ the flight.
- Because of the delay on the first leg, she’s likely to _____ her connecting flight.
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