the one that got away

English

Alternative forms

Noun

the one that got away

  1. (idiomatic) A former romantic partner who retains a special place in one's memory and whose loss one regrets.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:the one that got away.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.