miss fire
Example Sentences
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"That's just where you'll miss fire," the other rejoined.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford
"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 Charles Amory Beach
A health to the man on trail this night; may his grub hold out; may his dogs keep their legs; may his matches never miss fire.
From Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions by Paul Pierce
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 Mayne Reid
Jack and his shipmates, in the meantime, were busily employed in re-sharpening their hangers, and looking to their pistols and ammunition, putting in fresh flints, and seeing that they were not likely to miss fire.
From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston
