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miss_off

miss off

English

Verb

miss off (third-person singular simple present misses off, present participle missing off, simple past and past participle missed off)

  1. (transitive, Britain) To drop; leave off; (by extension) fail to pronounce
    • 2012, Jill Stuart, Headhunt:
      The Chinese and Malays tend to miss off the 's' for plurals from words in English, making it sound quaint and unfinished.