go missing

phrase

chiefly British : to become lost : disappear

Examples of go missing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Law enforcement asked for help finding a 16-year-old who went missing from southeast Jackson County Tuesday evening. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026

Visa, known as Lola to her colleagues, died at the age of 32 in mysterious circumstances last month after going missing on a trip to Llandudno, a coastal town in north Wales. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

The plane went missing Monday after departing Great Harbour Cay, a city in the Berry Islands of the Bahamas, for Miami Executive Airport in Miami-Dade County, according to Bahamas police. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

State and local police were searching Monday for the New Haven man, 32, who on Sunday went missing after in a jet ski accident on the Connecticut River. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for go missing

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