miss one's tip

English

Verb

miss one's tip (third-person singular simple present misses one's tip, present participle missing one's tip, simple past and past participle missed one's tip)

1. (slang, archaic) To fail in one's plan or attempt.
   • 1847, Punch, Or, The London Charivari (volumes 12-13, page 138)

     You attack him for making himself conspicuous at the sale of Shakspeare's house. You seem to think he has missed his tip. No, he hasn't. Scores and scores of the British public, in spite of anything you may say, will connect Shakspeare with George Jones.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary