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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When he had closed the pan, he struck the stock of the gun one or two blows to shake the powder well down into place, that the gun might not miss fire.

From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward

My own revolver was a Deane and Adams, and could be depended upon—the Lefaucheux could not, for the cartridges were so old that twenty-five per cent, of them would miss fire.

From The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton 1902 by Becke, Louis

"That's just where you'll miss fire," the other rejoined.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.

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)

"Anglicism" and "British gold" were blunderbusses which, in the present popular irritation against France, had for a time lost their usefulness, and were apt to miss fire.

From James Madison by Gay, Sydney Howard

miss fire

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