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The arrow's polite way of admitting the target won.
means Failed to hit, catch, reach, attend, or notice something you intended to.
from From Old English missan, to fail to hit, sharing roots with mis- the prefix of all things gone wrong.
Double dutyMeans both absence and longing, sometimes at once.
Homophone trapSounds exactly like mist, fittingly vague.
Sports stapleThe shortest word in every commentator's groan.