miss out
Lose your chance
Miss out means to fail to experience or take advantage of something desirable.
You miss out on a party by not attending, miss out on an opportunity by not seizing it: I missed out on the chance to study abroad.
The phrase implies loss or regret—awareness that something good passed you by.
In British usage, to miss out something can mean to omit it: You missed out a step in the instructions.
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- slip through the cracksEscape notice or care
- forfeitedLost through violation
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- golden opportunityExceptionally favorable circumstance
once in a lifetime · FOMO · opportunity · regret · exclude · fail · fall short · neglect · squander · left behind · omission · skip · remorse · passed over · let slip · longing · absence · bypass