BACKFIRING

verb
22 Scrabble
26 WWF
B 3
A 1
C 3
K 5
F 4
I 1
R 1
I 1
N 1
G 2

Definition

(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.

"His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars backfired horribly when fuel prices tripled."

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