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miss fire
synonyms for miss fire
- abort
- fall through
- backslide
- blunder
- decline
- deteriorate
- fall
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- founder
- misfire
- miss
- slip
- 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 downhill
- go down swinging
- 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
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How to use miss fire in a sentence
Theres lots o marksmen in this world cant even make a gun go off, an yet they cant miss fire in the next world.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandAn ordinary gun might miss fire—such things have been known before now—but a cornstalk gun, never!
The Bishop and the Boogerman | Joel Chandler HarrisJust then the thought occurred to me, “What would be my fate should my gun miss fire?”
Adventures in Africa | W.H.G. Kingston
I prayed that my arm might be nerved, that my hand might not tremble, and that my rifle might not miss fire.
Dick Onslow | W.H.G. Kingston"I seldom miss fire," said Mr. Symmes, with a look of honest pride.
Little Robins Learning to Fly | Madeline Leslie
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