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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“For more than a month, it was humanly impossible to miss ‘Fire and Fury,’” Rubin wrote in his memoir “Words and Music,” published earlier this year.

From Seattle Times

Woman, six children die in Miss. fire: A woman and her six children died when a fire destroyed their home early Saturday in central Mississippi, authorities said.

From Washington Post

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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

But the words are quoted in a hundred books and pamphlets, and are used like theological revolvers which never miss fire.

From Project Gutenberg

miss fire

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