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to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect
- my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday
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as in wildfire, bonfire
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“Backfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backfire. Accessed 22 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of backfire was in 1801
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