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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But the words are quoted in a hundred books and pamphlets, and are used like theological revolvers which never miss fire.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von

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)

Now,” added the trapper, “I think I can promise you a rifle that is not likely to miss fire, and the hand of a friend that will not fail you.”

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

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

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

You see, if by any chance our trap should miss fire, and they come after us, they’d head along the straight road to Gandela.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram

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