Backfires

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  • n. Plural form of backfire.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire.
    • Word Usage
    "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."
    Equivalent
    back fire    back-fire   
    Verb Form
    backfired    backfires    backfiring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    resound    make noise    noise    hap    take place   
    Variant
    knock    ping   
     
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