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got missing vs get missing

Both "got missing" and "get missing" are commonly used phrases in informal English. "Got missing" is more commonly used in American English, while "get missing" is more common in British English. Both phrases mean to become lost or disappear.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 4540 views

got missing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal American English.

It means that something or someone has become lost or disappeared. It is often used in casual conversation.

Examples:

The keys got missing again.
The cat got missing last night.

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Because I've got missing children, Jordan.
I mean, we got a room full of guns, we got missing bodies, and now the FBI?
We got missing pieces of this puzzle.
I got missing kid brothers, tector.
Lots of famous writers have got missing fingers.
I hate to interrupt the day's clam-bake but we've got missing explosives.
I got missing-persons files from Orlando, Ocala, Tampa, Miami.
I got a missing cadaver report yesterday.
We got a missing laptop, which could point back to a murder.
I got a missing persons alert out on Jay Lappert.
We've got 18 missing persons reports in the last 24 hours.
And I've got thousands missing.
I got some missing person reports here for you.
They got a missing person who's fitting our victim.
And I know you've got that missing girl.
I got more missing persons for you.
They've got a missing-persons case, the DC harbormaster.
We still got a missing girl to find.
He's got that missing 10 pounds of gold.
So far, I got three missing truckers and one blood-free body.

Alternatives:

went missing
disappeared
got lost
went AWOL
vanished

get missing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal British English.

It means the same as "got missing": to become lost or disappear. It is often used in casual conversations.

Examples:

The book got missing from the shelf.
The child got missing in the crowded market.

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It therefore provides for incoming anonymous transfers in the EU to be subject to special vigilance and to appropriate measures destined to get missing information on the payer.
They gets missing what they had.
Not until we get the missing bones.
Get this missing persons release out to the media right away.
Roger gets his missing person story and then I get to do my exposé on Garbage Island.
Just get that missing signature on page 4,
I think I might know where to get our missing ingredient to free Merlin.
The agents running the sting pulled some strings to get the missing SIM cards.
So now we can get back the missing Transmooker.
I'm trying to get together the missing bits of my mind.
Get anywhere with our missing aether?
And don't get me started on missing my jazz choir.
Only he can get us the 2 missing crucifixes.
The description's too general to get anything from a missing person's report.
Her name's Rebecca Moore, and get this - a missing persons report was filed on her.
No, I just don't want my partner to get blamed for missing evidence.
I think it's about you and your desire to get revenge for missing a wedding.
The FBI gets involved in missing person cases... where we have reason to believe the individual might've crossed state lines.
The FBI gets involved in missing person cases where we have reason to believe the individual might've crossed state lines.
We need to get files on every missing boy Within 200 miles of north carolina.

Alternatives:

went missing
disappeared
got lost
went AWOL
vanished

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