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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fahyuh r |
| Phonetic Transcription : faɪər |
Definition of miss fire
Origin :- c.1200, furen, figurative, "arouse, excite;" literal sense of "set fire to" is from late 14c., from fire (n.). The Old English verb fyrian "to supply with fire" apparently did not survive into Middle English.
- The sense of "sack, dismiss" is first recorded 1885 in American English (earlier "throw (someone) out" of some place, 1871), probably from a play on the two meanings of discharge: "to dismiss from a position," and "to fire a gun," fire in the second sense being from "set fire to gunpowder," attested from 1520s. Of bricks, pottery, etc., from 1660s. Related: Fired; firing. Fired up "angry" is from 1824. Firing squad is attested from 1904.
- As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
- After all the "Bolton Baby" might miss fire by a second or two.
- Extract from : « The World Peril of 1910 » by George Griffith
- You don't want to miss fire when you get a chance to shoot at a fox.
- Extract from : « Ben Comee » by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
- Even with the most elaborate care it was liable to miss fire.
- Extract from : « Sketches New and Old, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- The peasants say that a knife has more shots in it than a revolver, and does not miss fire.'
- Extract from : « Corleone » by F. Marion Crawford
- Villiam assumed a thoughtful demeanor, and says he: "Is it a miss fire?"
- Extract from : « The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 » by Robert H. Newell
- There isn't one chance in a thousand for us to miss fire, but you must follow—not lead.
- Extract from : « John Marsh's Millions » by Charles Klein
- What if it should miss fire, or even if igniting, I should fail with it to light the dry leaves?
- Extract from : « Lost Lenore » by Charles Beach
- Because of their complexity and subtlety they often miss fire and fail of their purpose.
- Extract from : « How to Teach » by George Drayton Strayer and Naomi Norsworthy
- The revolver might miss fire, in which case all hope would be gone.
- Extract from : « The Cave in the Mountain » by Lieut. R. H. Jayne
- The hammer that struck this shell didn't hit true; not so far off as to miss fire, you understand, but it ain't in line exactly.
- Extract from : « Hidden Gold » by Wilder Anthony
Synonyms for miss fire
- abort
- back wrong horse
- backslide
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- blunder
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- decline
- deteriorate
- fall
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- founder
- 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
- misfire
- miss
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- slip
- turn out badly
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