Meaning of bomb out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To fail; to produce no or very poor results; to drop out of or be eliminated from a competition.
   idiomatic, intransitive
2. To remove or cause (someone) to be removed or ejected from something.
   transitive
3. To destroy completely or kill with explosives.
   slang, transitive
4. To do badly on a test or examination.
   intransitive, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The excitement along TV row this time of year generally is confined to the new season's shows—how many will hit or how many will bomb out?”

“Jane Fonda may be a hit at the box office, but she is bombing out politically.”

“Brazil started as favourites and as luck would have it, they bombed out in the quarterfinals.”

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