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miss the mark

verb

Definitions

  1. Of a projectile, to fail to hit the target.

  2. To fail to achieve the intended result.

    • The party's manifesto missed the mark and failed to attract people's attention.
    • In a statement provided to Ad Age, Tor Myhren, Apple’s vice president of marketing, said the company “missed the mark.”

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for miss the mark. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA