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HE УПУСКАТЬ/НЕ УПУСТИТЬ СЛУЧАЯ coll VP subj: human to make use of favorable circumstances (and do sth. ): X не упустит случая сделать Y — X won't let slip (won't lose) the opportunity to do (of doing) Y X won't let the opportunity to do Y pass him by.

"...Не только никаких Тихоновых и большинства Союза (писателей) нет для меня и я их отрицаю, но я не упускал случая открыто и прямо заявлять. И они, разумеется, правы, что в долгу у меня не остаются» (Гладков 1). "...Not only do Tikhonov and his like as well as most other members of the Union of Writers no longer exist for me, not only do I deny them, but I also lose no opportunity of saying so openly and plainly. And they, of course, are quite right to pay me back in kind" (1a).