Miss out on being in a plane? (7)

I believe the answer is:

overfly

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'miss' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'on being in a plane?' is the wordplay.
'on' becomes 'over' (over can mean on top of).
'being in a plane?' becomes 'fly' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'over'+'fly'='OVERFLY'

'out' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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