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miss fire
verb as in miscarry
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- 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
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Example Sentences
Theres lots o marksmen in this world cant even make a gun go off, an yet they cant miss fire in the next world.
An ordinary gun might miss fire—such things have been known before now—but a cornstalk gun, never!
Just then the thought occurred to me, “What would be my fate should my gun miss fire?”
I prayed that my arm might be nerved, that my hand might not tremble, and that my rifle might not miss fire.
"I seldom miss fire," said Mr. Symmes, with a look of honest pride.
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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to miss fire, such as: abort, fall through, backslide, blunder, decline, and deteriorate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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