miss fire

VERB

miscarry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abort fall through

STRONG

backslide blunder decline deteriorate fall fizzle flop flounder fold founder misfire miss

WEAK

back wrong horse be defeated be demoted be found lacking be in vain be ruined break down come to naught come to nothing fall flat fall short go astray go down go down swinging go downhill go up in smoke go wrong hit bottom hit the skids lose control lose out lose status meet with disaster miss the boat miss the mark play into run aground turn out badly

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplish achieve ascend build correct develop do well go up improve rise succeed

Example Sentences

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For durability, cheapness, and certainty not to miss fire there is simply no comparison at all.

From Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures by Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton)

I can’t afford to have this venture miss fire now.

From A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas by Webb, Archibald

You don’t waste words, Wyllis, but you never miss fire.

From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Cather, Willa Sibert

Impure gasolene does not make one cylinder miss fire regularly for many revolutions and then explode once or twice with a croupy grunt.

From The Professor's Mystery by Hastings, Wells

What if it should miss fire, or even if igniting, I should fail with it to light the dry leaves?

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.

miss fire

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