"bomb out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-bomb out.ogg Forms: bombs out [present, singular, third-person], bombing out [participle, present], bombed out [participle, past], bombed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bomb out (third-person singular simple present bombs out, present participle bombing out, simple past and past participle bombed out)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To fail; to produce no or very poor results; to drop out of or be eliminated from a competition. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bomb_out-en-verb-PMkDmAEf Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 35 28 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 33 39 5
  2. (transitive) To remove or cause (someone) to be removed or ejected from something. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bomb_out-en-verb-aKf~Kh71 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 35 28 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 33 39 5
  3. (transitive, slang) To destroy completely or kill with explosives. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-bomb_out-en-verb-FyzMlaIc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 29 40 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 25 27 38 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 35 28 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 33 39 5
  4. (intransitive, slang) To do badly on a test or examination. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-bomb_out-en-verb-cPtqvN8x

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1966 Aug. 30, \"Survivors Gird for New Season,\" Los Angeles Times, part IV p. 1 (retrieved 17 July 2011)",
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          "ref": "1979 August 2, “Jane Fonda bombs out in the political arena”, in Deseret News, USA, retrieved 2011-07-17, page 3A:",
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          "ref": "2009 December 2, Mninawa Ntloko, “Parreira's Loyalty is to Brazil”, in allAfrica.com, retrieved 2011-07-17:",
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To fail; to produce no or very poor results; to drop out of or be eliminated from a competition."
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        "To remove or cause (someone) to be removed or ejected from something."
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        "To destroy completely or kill with explosives."
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        "(intransitive, slang) To do badly on a test or examination."
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          "text": "Brazil started as favourites and as luck would have it, they bombed out in the quarterfinals.",
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        "To fail; to produce no or very poor results; to drop out of or be eliminated from a competition."
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To fail; to produce no or very poor results; to drop out of or be eliminated from a competition."
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        "To remove or cause (someone) to be removed or ejected from something."
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        "(transitive) To remove or cause (someone) to be removed or ejected from something."
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