miss an opportunity
miss the opportunity

So, do not miss the opportunity to see for yourself and make the most of them.

If we miss the opportunity, Europe will not get a second chance in five years.

To miss an opportunity like that, stop the drive, and come away with nothing.

If I was wrong, he would not have missed the opportunity to let me know.

They missed the opportunity to tell the American people what the campaign is about.

"But I didn't want to miss the opportunity to see if it would work."

Perhaps I can be of some service to you during his stay, and certainly would not wish to miss such an opportunity.

Second, the person has missed an opportunity to help himself or herself.

The defense doesn't want to miss an opportunity to save a young man's life.

But I'd missed my opportunity and now it was much too late.