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)

1. (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.