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- noun Plural form of
backfire . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
backfire .
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Examples
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And we know that is the clever phrase backfires, as did the inventive historian's characterization of Rep. Paul Ryan's R-WI budget plan as "right wing social engineering," he will invent a tale to rewrite history.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Richard Klass 2011
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Giving Adam the pimp slot kind of backfires on you when your show runs over and everyone's DVR / TIVOs cut off his performance!
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Just from watching TV, I know that professional firefighters employ "backfires" to control wilderness (forest) fires.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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"backfires" invariably are left to spin out of control and become major fires of their own.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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They are giving Arkansas a black facemask, which kind of backfires and makes them look a little SWAC-ish instead of "GRR INTIMIDATING
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Clintons replace campaign manager after image change backfires
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Clintons replace campaign manager after image change backfires
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Clintons replace campaign manager after image change backfires
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The road controversy is just the latest in a stretch of political backfires that have dented Mr. Morales's image as a seemingly infallible leader of the nation's mostly poor and indigenous.
Bolivian Chief Scraps Road John Lyons 2011
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Clintons replace campaign manager after image change backfires
MPs' expenses: David Cameron 'appalled' at ostentatious display of extravagant living 2009
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