miss a flight

This page is about the collocation miss a flight

collocation pattern: verb + noun

Meaning

to arrive too late to board a flight on a plane

For example

  • I fell asleep at the airport and nearly missed my flight.

  • The flight I was close to missing was the last one of the day.

Note:
Similar collocations include "miss a plane", "miss a train", "miss a bus", etc.

Quick Quiz

I missed my flight, so I had to

a. run really fast to catch it

b. take the next one instead

c. ask someone where it was
a) run really fast to catch it b) take the next one instead c) ask someone where it was

Contributor: Matt Errey