Fail to hit the target Crossword Clue

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Fail to hit the target Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
2. fail to experience
(noun)
1. a young female
2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TARGET (noun)
1. the location of the target that is to be hit
2. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
TARGET (verb)
1. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
HIT (verb)
1. drive something violently into a location
2. kill intentionally and with premeditation
HIT (noun)
1. a conspicuous success
2. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

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