misfire
verb
[ mɪsˈfʌɪə ]
• (of a gun or missile) fail to discharge or fire properly.
• "as she raised her pistol again, it misfired"
• (especially of a plan) fail to produce the intended result.
• "he didn't know that his plan had misfired"
Similar:
go wrong,
go awry,
go amiss,
be unsuccessful,
fail,
abort,
be abortive,
founder,
come to nothing,
come to grief,
meet with disaster,
fall through,
be ruined,
fall flat,
boomerang,
rebound,
backfire,
recoil,
flop,
bite the dust,
go up in smoke,
go phut,
misfire
noun
• a failure of a gun or missile to fire correctly.
• "the weapons are to be replaced because of problems with misfires"
