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backfire on someone Fig. [for something, such as a plot] to fail unexpectedly; to fail with an undesired result. Your plot backfired on you. I was afraid that my scheme would backfire on me. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While corporate parties can be extremely good for employee morale, they can also backfire on occasion. Building on Langelan's (1993) framework, which was developed from women's self-defence and non-violent action theory, backfire theory proposes that if an action is perceived as unjust, or violates social norms, and information about it is communicated to receptive audiences, it has the capacity to cause outrage and consequently backfire on the perpetrator (Scott and Martin, 2006). Choosing the right perfume can be difficult and because it is also considered an intimate gift buying the wrong perfume can backfire on you and get you the opposite result of that which you hoped for. |
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