BACKFIRE


Meaning of BACKFIRE in English

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

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