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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The match might be a burned one, it might miss fire, or go out before he had an opportunity to kindle the leaves, or the leaves themselves might be too damp to burn.

From The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Garis, Howard Roger

There isn't one chance in a thousand for us to miss fire, but you must follow—not lead.

From John Marsh's Millions by Hornblow, Arthur

It’s too good a gun to be thrown away; and I can say that it don’t miss fire once in ten times.

From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne

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

Villiam assumed a thoughtful demeanor, and says he: "Is it a miss fire?"

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)

miss fire

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