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miss your stop
fail to get off public transport at the right place
To fail to get off a bus, train, or other public transport at the place where you planned to leave.
Hear it in real life
Why are you calling from the next town?
I fell asleep and missed my stop.
I was reading and missed my stop by three stations.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was reading and lost my stop by three stations.
Say: I was reading and missed my stop by three stations.
Learners may confuse “miss” with “lose,” but “miss a stop” means fail to get off there.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
miss your stop; missed my stop; nearly miss your stop
Your turn: say it out loud
I was reading and missed my stop by three stations.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
miss your stop
fail to get off public transport at the right place
“I was reading and missed my stop by three stations.”
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