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'backfire' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'backfire' with 4 example sentences.


backfire noun

: the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

: a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

: a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

backfire verb

: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

: emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

: set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire


  • Jackie's efforts to help homeless people backfired on her.
  • The plan backfired on us and we lost a lot of money.
  • I heard a car backfire.
  • He meddled where he wasn't wanted and it backfired on him.
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