bomb out

fracasar, quedar eliminado

Fracasar por completo o quedar fuera de una competición tras perder.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: bomb out of something (They bombed out of the tournament in the first round.)

Sinónimos: fail, flop, crash out

Antónimos: succeed

Expresiones frecuentes: bomb out early, bomb out of something

destruir con bombas, matar con bombas

Destruir por completo un lugar o matar a alguien mediante bombas.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: bomb someone/something out (The planes bombed the village out.)

Sinónimos: destroy with bombs

Expresiones frecuentes: bomb out something, bomb somewhere out

suspender, reprobar

Obtener un resultado muy malo en una prueba o examen.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: bomb out on a test (He bombed out on his driving test.)

Sinónimos: fail, flunk

Antónimos: pass

Expresiones frecuentes: bomb out on something, bomb out in exams

expulsar, echar

Obligar a alguien a abandonar un lugar, un grupo o una competición.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: bomb someone out of something (The committee bombed him out of the club.)

Sinónimos: throw out, eject, expel

Expresiones frecuentes: bomb someone out, bomb out opponents