backfire
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to backfire (third-person singular simple present backfires, present participle backfiring, simple past and past participle backfired)
- (of a gun or cannon) to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel
- to fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
- His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars horribly backfired when fuel prices tripled.
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fail
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backfire (plural backfires)
- (firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire.

