backfire

over-zealous publicity backfired on her.

His scheme backfired (on him) and he lost money.

The surprise I had planned backfired on me.

Her schemes backfired on herself,and she lost her boyfriend forever.

His plan backfired on him, and he lost all his money.

His scheme to win the girl backfired and she went to another guy.

I definitely did not see that one backfiring.

But it could also majorly backfire for them.

But believe me, it's already backfired.

Using shame and guilt to motivate yourself will only backfire anyway!

You warn him that this could backfire. But he doesn't care.

And he fears that the U.S. talk of regime change could backfire.

The tariffs on steel to help the industry, for example, could actually backfire.

Much of Pakistan was left without power as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired.

That car backfiring, it sounded like gunshots.

And it totally backfired on George Bush.