to narrowly miss out on ...
                        
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                        to be within an ace of …
                        
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                        to come within an ace of …
                        
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                        to disturb (one's) comfort and serenity of mind
                        
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                        to let the cat out of the bag
                        
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                        to put in on the street
                        
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                        to babble (out) a secret
                        
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                        to go out of one's mind
                        
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                        to go out of one's mind
                        
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                        to lose your marbles
                        
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                        to go clean off one's head
                        
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                        to convey to defraud a creditor
                        
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                        to overlook a printer's error
                        
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                        to let an opportunity slip
                        
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                        to let an opportunity slip
                        
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                        to pass up an opportunity
                        
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                        to neglect an opportunity
                        
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                        to miss an opportunity
                        
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                        to miss an appointment
                        
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                        to leave something out of account
                        
                        
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        to hijack an airplane
                        
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                        to miss doing something
                        
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                        to miss out on something
                        
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                        to let drop something
                        
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                        to let fall something
                        
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                        to miss out on something
                        
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                        to put a damper on something
                        
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                        to put a damper on something
                        
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                        to flush out a string of borrowers
                        
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                        to put the enemy to flight
                        
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                        to eat or drink too much
                        
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                        to omit an opportunity
                        
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                        to pass up an opportunity
                        
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                        to miss one's opportunity
                        
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                        to miss one's chance
                        
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                        to cheat one's income tax
                        
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                        transfer to avoid income tax
                        
                        
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        to cheat one's income tax
                        
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                        not to be able to look someone in the eye
                        
                        
                    
                 
                
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        to smuggle through the customs
                        
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                        to cheat the customs
                        
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                        to smuggle a letter into prison
                        
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                        to disturb or trouble sb
                        
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                        to have had a glass too much
                        
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                        to throw away a good opportunity
                        
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                        (steam , electricity) to leak
                        
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                        (opportunity) to lose
                        
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                        to hide (possessions , etc) from a tax-gatherer
                        
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                        to go off one's head
                        
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                        (train , chance) to miss
                        
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                        to make or let escape
                        
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                        to spoil sb's good mood
                        
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                        to become involved in one's speech
                        
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                        to scare someone off
                        
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                        to scare someone away
                        
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                        to miss the true meaning of a text
                        
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                        to alienate customers
                        
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                        to draw away customers
                        
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                        to miss one's chance
                        
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                        to miss the right moment
                        
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                        to create social unrest
                        
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                        to drop a catch
                        
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                        to smuggle something out of the country
                        
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                        to evade taxes
                        
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