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backfiring
to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect, a loud noise caused by the improperly timed explosion of fuel mixture in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, a loud noise caused by the improperly timed explosion of fuel in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, to make a backfire, to have a result opposite to what was planned, to make or undergo a backfire, a fire started to check an advancing fire by clearing an area, a fire that is set to check the spread of a forest fire or a grass fire by burning off a strip of land ahead of it
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Backfiring
to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect, a loud noise caused by the improperly timed explosion of fuel mixture in the cylinder of an internal comb
collapsing,flopping,slipping,struggling,declining,floundering,failing,folding,waning,Washing out
succeeding,flourishing,thriving,prospering
backfired => Backfired, backers => backers, backed up => backed up, backed off => backed off, backed down => backed down,