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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Oh, shucks! the best gun'll miss fire once in a lifetime.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles

The thought occurred to him, but what should his gun miss fire?

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles

It is a capital job, well planted; and if it does not miss fire, it will bring plenty of fish to net, and no mistake.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

I never knew that gun to miss fire before.

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

miss fire

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