Usually means: Plan's outcome opposite of intended.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word backfired:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. backfired: Merriam-Webster
  2. backfired: Collins English Dictionary
  3. backfired: Vocabulary.com
  4. Backfired, backfired: Wordnik
  5. backfired: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. backfired: Wiktionary
  7. backfired: Dictionary.com
  8. backfired: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Backfired: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. backfired: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backfired: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backfired: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backfired: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Backfired)

noun:  "Backfired" is the debut solo single from American singer and Blondie vocalist Debbie Harry.


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