Definizione monolingua

backfire

backfire (third-person singular simple present backfires, present participle backfiring, simple past and past participle backfired)

1. (Of a gun or cannon) to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
2. To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.

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

backfire (plural backfires)

1. (firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire.

Definizione dizionario backfire

controfuoco

fallire

Altri significati:

fail

To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.

(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire.

(Of a gun or cannon) to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.