miss one's guess
English
Verb
miss one's guess (third-person singular simple present misses one's guess, present participle missing one's guess, simple past and past participle missed one's guess)
- (Canada, US) To be incorrect in one's assumption.
- 1859, Mrs. Mark Peabody, Miss Slimmen's Window, and other papers (page 139)
- I guess somebody hasn't been any worse off for a chance to get married than they have; and if they don't feel spiteful when they see the bridegroom, then I miss my guess.
- 1859, Mrs. Mark Peabody, Miss Slimmen's Window, and other papers (page 139)