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backfire
verb
-
backfire
,
backfiring
,
backfires
,
backfired
When
a
plan
,
action
,
or
situation
produces
the
opposite
result
from
what
was
intended
.
•
Her
plan
to
surprise
her
boss
backfired
when
he
walked
in
early
.
Her
plan
to
surprise
her
boss
backfired
when
he
walked
in
early
.
•
Trying
to
impress
his
friends
with
a
risky
skateboard
trick
backfired
,
and
he
ended
up
in
the
hospital
.
Trying
to
impress
his
friends
with
a
risky
skateboard
trick
backfired
,
and
he
ended
up
in
the
hospital
.
Originally
a
term
for
engines
that
exploded
in
the
wrong
place
(
early
19th
century
);
later
extended
figuratively
to
plans
that
go
wrong
.
verb
-
backfire
,
backfiring
,
backfires
,
backfired
Of
an
engine
,
to
explode
or
pop
loudly
because
fuel
burns
in
the
wrong
part
of
the
system
.
•
The
old
truck
backfired
loudly
as
it
climbed
the
hill
.
The
old
truck
backfired
loudly
as
it
climbed
the
hill
.
•
Everyone
jumped
when
the
motorcycle
backfired
outside
the
café
.
Everyone
jumped
when
the
motorcycle
backfired
outside
the
café
.
noun
A
sudden
loud
popping
sound
caused
by
an
engine
when
fuel
ignites
in
the
wrong
place
.
•
There
was
a
loud
backfire
from
the
engine
before
the
car
stalled
.
There
was
a
loud
backfire
from
the
engine
before
the
car
stalled
.
•
The
sudden
backfire
scared
the
birds
away
from
the
road
.
The
sudden
backfire
scared
the
birds
away
from
the
road
.