redound

Related to redound: resound

redound on (someone or something)

1. To have a direct and significant effect or impact on someone or something, typically a negative one. The economic furor in Europe has already begun redounding on us in America. It will be unclear for some time whether the financial blockade of the region will redound on the rebel insurgency in any meaningful way.
2. To recoil back on someone or something, especially in a negative or harmful way. In a horrible vicious circle, the venting of all this anger and frustration redounds on oneself in the form of debilitating stress and anxiety, which in turn simply ends up yielding more anger and frustration. Our desire to exert our mastery over nature is redounding on us now as the effects of climate change begin taking their toll.
See also: on, redound

redound upon (someone or something)

1. To have a direct and significant effect or impact on someone or something, typically a negative one. The economic furor in Europe has already begun redounding upon us in America. It will be unclear for some time whether the financial blockade of the region will redound upon the rebel insurgency in any meaningful way.
2. To recoil back on someone or something, especially in a negative or harmful way. In a horrible vicious circle, the venting of all this anger and frustration redounds upon oneself in the form of debilitating stress and anxiety, which in turn simply ends up yielding more anger and frustration. Our desire to exert our mastery over nature is redounding upon us now as the effects of climate change begin taking their toll.
See also: redound, upon
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

redound on someone

to have an effect on someone. The hot weather has redounded on all of us in a bad way. The problems created by your mistake have redounded on the entire company.
See also: on, redound
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • redound on
  • redound on (someone or something)
  • redound upon (someone or something)
  • keel over
  • brace (oneself) for (something)
  • brace oneself for
  • a night person
  • any (one) worth (one's) salt
  • cause eyebrows to raise and cause some raised eyebrows
  • eyebrow
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This should redound to economic benefits for the Philippine supply chain.
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This will redound to economic benefits benefiting the entire Philippine supply chain,' Gonzalez said.
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"This will redound to thousands of additional jobs which in turn will provide decent living to thousands of Filipino families."
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There is little doubt that greater competition would redound to the advantage of consumers, although some of the remedies available to policy makers are curiously low priority.
Let's regulate cable now! Oops. Didn't we already do that?
'The President is now looking for a worthy replacement for the vacated post who would not only safeguard the hard-earned money of government workers but would also ensure that the same would redound to the benefit of the GSIS members, bearing in mind the promotion of their welfare and interest,' Panelo added.
Palace: Duterte accepts resignation of GSIS chief
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