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Definitions

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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I never knew that gun to miss fire before.

From Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

"Had him going, too, when this motor of mine went back on me and started in to miss fire so often that he got away," he spluttered.

From Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold by Beach, Charles Amory

The dangers through which he had passed seemed to 53 embolden him, though he knew his plight would indeed be unpleasant should he attempt to shoot bruin and by some cause miss fire.

From Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield by Goss, John

The guns were shotted, the matches lighted; for, although our guns were all furnished with first-class locks, they were also furnished with matches, attached by lanyards, in case the lock should miss fire.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

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