backfire

1. A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.

2. An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.

   a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

3. An explosion in other equipment.

1. Tom thinks the plan may backfire.

   deTom meint, dass der Plan nach hinten losgehen könnte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Your plan could backfire on you.

   ruВаш план может обернуться против вас самих. — marafon

   deDein Plan könnte nach hinten losgehen. — Waldelfe

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3. What causes a car to backfire?

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4. Tom thought he heard a car backfire.

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5. Tom thinks that the plan may backfire.

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