EGAVE

backfires

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun plural of backfire
  2. verb third-person singular simple present indicative of backfire

Similar words

backlash boomerang failure misfired screwup miscalculate screw up miscalculated implodes miscalculation

Often followed by

and on when in because as by to for

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