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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

"Listen to me, qu� diable!" and his voice grated with the vexation of an actor whose entrance has been made to miss fire.

From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

“You reckon she’ll miss fire till he’s well again?”

From The Coming of the Law by Seltzer, Charles Alden

I prayed that my arm might be nerved, that my hand might not tremble, and that my rifle might not miss fire.

From Dick Onslow Among the Redskins by Soper, George

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