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Synonyms & Antonyms of misfire
(Entry 1 of 2)
to go wrong
- their scheme to rob the bank misfired disastrously and landed them all in jail
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misfire
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of misfire (Entry 2 of 2)
as in failure, dud
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Antonyms & Near Antonyms for misfire
- blue chip,
- blue chipper,
- corker,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- dandy,
- jim-dandy,
- pip,
- prizewinner
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The first known use of misfire was in 1752
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