phrasal
1. : to fail to go off — used of firearms
2. : to fail to have the expected or planned result
his speech was carefully planned, but it missed fire
phrasal
1. : to fail to go off — used of firearms
2. : to fail to have the expected or planned result
his speech was carefully planned, but it missed fire
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012