Definition
To fail; to produce no or very poor results; to drop out of or be eliminated from a competition.
In Context
- "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."