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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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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 Pierce, Paul

"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 Beach, Charles Amory

I can’t afford to have this venture miss fire now.

From A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas by Webb, Archibald

Charley looked at his weapon very gravely, and put on another pair of caps, remarking, "I never had a gun miss fire like that with me before."

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

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