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Verb Synset: 202378950

Words: backfire, backlash, recoil

Gloss: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

hypernym 200339934 - come_about, fall_out, go_on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass_off, take_place
derivationally related 100203020 - backlash
derivationally related 100073032 - backfire, boomerang

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