miss the boat

Meaning

1. to be unable to take advantage of sth because you are too late

   If you don't buy now, you may find that you've missed the boat.

In the movies · 6

• Making sure you don't miss the boat.Dolittle2020
• Come on, Bobby! You'll miss the boat!The Waterboy1998
• I think I may have missed my boat.Klaus2019
• But on the train I started to miss her. On the boat it was worse.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
• ¶ I'm getting tired of this mobile home shoved up my ass ¶ ¶ I think something else destroyed your greener grass ¶ ¶ Witness nostalgia seems to be warbling in the throats ¶ ¶ Every time I move it seems I barely miss that damn boat ¶¶ Thank you. Good-bye. Thank you.Slacker1990
• - You'll miss the boat. - Don't worry. I won't miss the boat.Sabrina1954

Learn it in full scenes

• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
  • War Starts at Midnight
  • The Home Guard Exercise Turns Real
  • General Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner
• Slacker1990
  • The Dreamer Explains His Reality Theory
  • A Man Dictates The Gambler
  • The Moon Landing Was a Cover-Up
• Sabrina1954
  • Linus Saves Sabrina in the Garage
  • Linus Reads Sabrina's Letters
  • Sabrina's Soufflé Gives Her Away

From the same entry

• he, she, doesn't miss a trick
• miss your guess
• heart misses a beat
• hit the mark
• miss out
• miss out
• give a miss
• a miss is as good as a mile