go missing
Become suddenly absent
Go missing means to disappear or become lost, especially when the absence is unexpected or concerning.
The phrase often appears in news reports about people whose whereabouts are unknown: The hiker went missing three days ago.
It can also describe objects: My keys have gone missing again.
More common in British English than American, where "go missing" sometimes sounds slightly foreign to American ears.
- disappearPass from visibility
- lostUnable to navigate
- vanishCease to be visible
- unaccountedNot included or explained
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
unfound · last seen · search · foul play · person of interest · without a trace · no trace · whereabouts · clue · cold case · abduct · presumed dead · elope · kidnapped · absent · unsolved · amber alert · runaway
go missingturn up
Appear or be found
reappear · show up · surface · come to light · emerge
go missingappear
Become perceptible to sight
emerge · materialize · come into view · manifest · pop up
gone, missing, missed, misses, vanishing, missing person, gone missing