transcription, транскрипция: [ bækfaɪə(r), AM -faɪr ]
( backfires, backfiring, backfired)
1.
If a plan or project backfires , it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
The President’s tactics could backfire...
It all backfired on me!
VERB : V , V on/against n
2.
When a motor vehicle or its engine backfires , it produces an explosion in the exhaust pipe.
The car backfired.
VERB : V