The plan backfired on us and we lost a lot of money.
Her crafty little plan backfired and she lost a lot of money.
If you hype something too much, it can backfire because people develop unrealistic expectations.
Carpets have the effect of a dust pocket, with merit of sucking up dust and stopping it flying around, but you can say that effect backfires.
The Verilogue study suggests those ad schemes often backfire, anyway.
Turkey’s posturing could backfire, writes Jacob Resneck from Istanbul.
Previous Chinese attempts to influence Taiwan’s elections have backfired.
But some analysts warn Amazon’s brazen online protectionism could backfire.
The Irish Potato Blight is a perfect example of how monocultures can backfire.
Financial Times writer Philip Stephens warned Cameron’s positioning could backfire.
379681 Iran Policy Boomerang Boehner’s overreach is likely to backfire politically.
Kelly quickly tore apart a winning team and made several bold moves that backfired.
Last Friday, the combination of the two items in a single bill backfired dramatically.
Like Lance Lynn a day earlier, the 24-year-old right-hander got pushed back and it backfired.
GOP strategists point to 2014 as a cycle when the Democratic “war on women” strategy backfired.
Combining the Sugar Daddy with a developer can be a good combination, but it can also backfire.
Critics say however that Rakhmon’s repressive policies may backfire, radicalizing many local MusliMs.
On the flip side, trying to run away from the situation will only backfire, Clegg’s research suggests.
If we agonize about becoming symptom free, any hope of recovery will inevitably backfire.