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gen. lose; never get a chance (He left so quickly that I never got a chance to say goodbye. 4uzhoj); get one's timing wrong (VLZ_58); run out of time (SirReal); not be able to make it somewhere on time (or by some time 4uzhoj); never get there in time (4uzhoj); not be able to make to finish something in time (4uzhoj); miss (4uzhoj); arrive too late (4uzhoj); not have a chance to (4uzhoj)
кто-л. не успеет
gen. time would fail (sb.)
не успел
gen. no sooner (No sooner had I chewed my sandwich than somebody knocked at the door. – Не успел я прожевать свой сэндвич, как кто-то постучал в дверь. Alex_Odeychuk)
не успеть: 239 phrases in 13 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
Cliche / convention5
Construction1
Diplomacy1
General147
Humorous / Jocular2
Idiomatic18
Informal15
Literature1
Makarov34
Mass media1
Politics1
Proverb12