collocation · informal
miss a flight
/mɪs ə ˈflaɪt/miss a FLIGHT
Band 4-5speaking
to fail to get on the plane for which you have a ticket
Examples
“We missed our flight because of the traffic.”
“If you miss a flight, contact the airline immediately.”
“miss a flight due to + reason”
Band 8 sentence
“Due to the delayed train, we almost missed our flight, but the airline allowed us to board at the last minute.”
Collocations
- miss a flight because of + reason
Word family
miss vflight n
Common mistakes
lose a flight→miss a flight
missing flight→miss a flight
Say it for a higher band
5lose a flight→6miss flight→7+miss a flight
Synonyms
miss the plane
Easily confused
catch a flight
“We managed to catch a flight after a quick taxi ride.”
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