go missing

phrase

chiefly British : to become lost : disappear

Examples of go missing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Search crews are continuing efforts to find an 18-year-old boater who went missing in the Susquehanna River nearly a week ago. — Cbs Baltimore, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

Four years later, local teenagers start going missing, and a recluse whose house is slated for demolition is forced to leave his solitary life behind as a supernatural force pursues him. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026

Vaughan went missing from his home in Fruitland in July 2021, triggering a large-scale search. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 10 Nov. 2026

The language barrier compounds the hardship when someone is killed or goes missing, leaving relatives struggling to get answers from a military thousands of miles away. — Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for go missing

• dismissing
• nipissing
• characterising
• hissing
• kissing
• reminiscing