BrE/AmE "go missing"

[Tony Au]

Is "go missing" a relatively recent import? I didn't even know it was
British. It seems totally unremarkable to me.

Tony


On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Robin Hamilton <
robin.hamilton2 at btinternet.com> wrote:

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> > It happens around here all the tine.
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> > JL
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> In my version of (British) English, when inanimate objects go missing, they
> are commonly said to have gone walkabout.
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> 154,000 google hits for the phrase, "It has gone walkabout."
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> Robin
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