miss fire
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 Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger
You don't want to miss fire when you get a chance to shoot at a fox.
From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
"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 Sydney Howard Gay
Knowing, however, that the Arabs’ powder is often very bad, and that, consequently, their weapons frequently miss fire, I felt very doubtful whether such might not be the case on the present occasion.
From Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures by Edouard Riou
After all the "Bolton Baby" might miss fire by a second or two.
From The World Peril of 1910 by George Chetwynd Griffith
