OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 46956

miss the boat

Meanings (ES + gloss)
perder el tren
To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.
As for food delivery technology, our company missed the boat, the harbor, and the ocean.
The price discount ended yesterday and I just missed the boat on a great deal.
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