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Перевод: backfire

[существительное]
обратная вспышка; встречный огонь; встречный пожар; разрыв патрона;
[глагол]
неожиданно привести к обратным результатам

Тезаурус:

1. Something like that could easily backfire on you if you're not careful."
2. Once the engine is running smoothly, a backfire can be dramatic.
3. ARANTXA SANCHEZ nearly saw her decision to enter the Hopman Cup backfire yesterday.
4. There were times when his own belief in himself as a great player could backfire on him if he failed to realize that he was having an off day, and he could look stubborn and bloody-minded as a result.
5. But there is a growing fear here among diplomats and UN officials that Britain's policy - aimed at deterring any new arrivals in Hong Kong - could backfire badly.
6. She predicted the tactic would backfire.
7. By extension, Mrs Thatcher's quick endorsement is likely to backfire on Britain's standing in Moscow.
8. The National Executive Committee was warned that watering down the party's commitment to sexual equality in the policy review, out of a fear of losing votes, could backfire.
9. The tactic of confronting the "wasted vote" syndrome did not, as some had feared, backfire, and few would have predicted that the issue of proportional representation would have been splashed across front pages.
10. Timed to occur just when you are selling a car, a backfire can be memorable!
11. On some occasions, however, the gambit can backfire.
12. However, they did 5% less well than in 1988, and their attempts to castigate high spending Labour metropolitan authorities seemed to backfire.
13. I don't like heavy knocking campaigns which at best seem sour and at worst backfire.