misfire

/mɪsˈfaɪər/ verb [I]

Translation

› When something that you do misfires, it does not have the result that you intended.

başarısızlığa uğramak; sonuç alamamak; suya düşmek; boşa çıkmak; gerçekleşmemek

His joke misfired badly, and he was forced to make a public apology.1852

(Definition of misfire verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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