Meaning of MISCARRY
| Pronunciation: | | mis'karee
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- [v] suffer a miscarriage
- [v] be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
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| | Synonyms: | | fail, go wrong |
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| | Antonyms: | | carry to term, come through, succeed, win | | |
| | See Also: | | abort, ball up, blow, bobble, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, fall, fall flat, fall through, flop, flub, fluff, foul up, founder, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, miss, muck up, muff, overreach, screw up, shipwreck, spoil, strike out, take it on the chin | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mis*car"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Miscarried}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Miscarrying}.]
1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination,
or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to
suffer defeat.
My ships have all miscarried. --Shak.
The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried.
--Shak.
2. To bring forth young before the proper time.
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| | Related Terms: | | abort, break down, come to grief, die, fail, fall through, flop, founder, go amiss, go astray, go awry, go wrong, misfire, miss, miss out, miss stays, miss the boat, miss the mark, perish |
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