n. 25B6; verb Bernard's plan backfired on him : REBOUND, boomerang, come back; fail, miscarry, go wrong; informal blow up in someone's face; archaic redound on.
BACKFIRE
Meaning of BACKFIRE in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012