| 词组 | backfired |
| 释义 | (redirected from backfired)backfire onTo not proceed as one had planned or hoped. My plan to convince my parents that I'm responsible enough to have a car promptly backfired on me when I came home after curfew. The invading army's strategy completely backfired on them because they failed to account for the icy mountain terrain. backfire on someoneFig. [for something, such as a plot] to fail unexpectedly; to fail with an undesired result. Your plot backfired on you. I was afraid that my scheme would backfire on me. backfire in. to release intestinal gas anally and audibly. (Usually objectionable.) Whew! Somebody backfired! backfire (on someone) in. [for a scheme meant to cause harm to someone or something] to harm the person who runs the scheme. I hope this plan doesn’t backfire on me. backfireverbSee backfire on someone |
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