'backfire' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'backfire' with 4 example sentences.
- backfire noun
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: 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
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: 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.