bomb out

échouer, se faire éliminer

Échouer complètement ou quitter une compétition après avoir perdu.

En anglais simple : To fail badly or leave a competition because you lose.

• The project bombed out.
• Our team bombed out of the cup yesterday.
• She trained hard but still bombed out in the opening round.

Comment l'utiliser : bomb out of something (They bombed out of the tournament in the first round.)

Synonymes : fail, flop, crash out

Contraires : succeed

Expressions courantes : bomb out early, bomb out of something

détruire par bombardement, tuer par bombardement

Détruire entièrement un lieu ou tuer quelqu’un au moyen de bombes.

En anglais simple : To destroy a place completely or kill someone using bombs.

• The factory was bombed out.
• Whole streets were bombed out during the war.
• Their neighbors were bombed out in the night raid.

Comment l'utiliser : bomb someone/something out (The planes bombed the village out.)

Synonymes : destroy with bombs

Expressions courantes : bomb out something, bomb somewhere out

rater un examen

Obtenir un très mauvais résultat à un contrôle ou à un examen.

En anglais simple : To get a very poor result in a test or exam.

• I bombed out on the test.
• She bombed out on her final exam despite studying all week.
• Did you bomb out on the maths paper too?

Comment l'utiliser : bomb out on a test (He bombed out on his driving test.)

Synonymes : fail, flunk

Contraires : pass

Expressions courantes : bomb out on something, bomb out in exams

expulser, mettre dehors

Obliger quelqu’un à quitter un lieu, un groupe ou une compétition.

En anglais simple : To force someone to leave a place, group, or competition.

• The club bombed him out.
• The champions bombed their rivals out of the tournament.
• They bombed her out of the team after the dispute.

Comment l'utiliser : bomb someone out of something (The committee bombed him out of the club.)

Synonymes : throw out, eject, expel

Expressions courantes : bomb someone out, bomb out opponents