backfired
verb#22,247
Translations
- バックファイアバックファイア
- 仇になるあだになる
- 仇となるあだとなる
- 裏目に出るうらめにでる
English definition
- the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
Examples
- It backfired on me despite my good intentions.
- He meddled where he wasn't wanted and it backfired on him.