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backfire [ˈbækˈfaɪər]a. [plan] avoir l'effet inverse que celui prévub. [car] avoir un raté d'allumage* * *['bækfaɪə(r)]1) [scheme, tactics] avoir l'effet inverse2) [car] pétarader -
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backfire vi1 [scheme, tactics] avoir l'effet inverse ; to backfire on sb se retourner contre qn ;2 [car] pétarader. -
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backfire [‚bæk'faɪə(r)]∎ to backfire on sb se retourner contre qn2 noun(b) (controlled fire) contre-feu m -
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1) ((of a motor-car etc) to make a loud bang because of unburnt gases in the exhaust system: The car backfired.) avoir un retour de flamme2) ((of a plan etc) to have unexpected results, often opposite to the intended results: His scheme backfired (on him), and he lost money.) échouer -
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faire long feu [au propre comme au figuré]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to backfire
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[bæk] 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) dos2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) dos3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) arrière4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) arrière2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) de derrière3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) de retour2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) en arrière3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) en arrière4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) en retour5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) en arrière4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) faire marche arrière2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) soutenir3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) miser sur•- backer- backbite - backbiting - backbone - backbreaking - backdate - backfire - background - backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) en revers, penché à gauche- backlog- back-number - backpack - backpacking: go backpacking - backpacker - backside - backslash - backstroke - backup - backwash - backwater - backyard - back down - back of - back on to - back out - back up - have one's back to the wall - put someone's back up - take a back seat -
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A n boomerang m.
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Backfire — may refer to:*The NATO reporting name for the Russian Tupolev Tu 22M aircraft. *A backfire, the deliberate use of fire in wildfire suppression. Also known as a Back burn ( See also: Glossary of wildland fire terms .) *A back fire in an automobile … Wikipedia
Backfire — (englisch für: Auspuffknall, Fehlzündung, sowie metaphor. Schuss, der nach hinten losgeht) steht für: des Flugzeug Tupolew Tu 22M, das den NATO Codename Backfire hat den Film Final Night – Die letzte Nacht (Originalname: Backfire) die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Backfire — [ bækfaɪə ; englisch »Gegenfeuer«] die, , NATO Bezeichnung für den Mittelstreckenbomber Tu 22 M der ehemaligen sowjetischen Streitkräfte, der zu den nuklearstrategischen Systemen (Kernwaffen) gehört; Erstflug vermutlich 1969, Serienproduktion… … Universal-Lexikon
backfire — [bak′fīr΄] n. ☆ 1. a fire started to stop an advancing prairie fire or forest fire by creating a burned area in its path 2. a premature ignition of fuel or an explosion of unburned exhaust gases in an internal combustion engine, sometimes… … English World dictionary
Backfire — Back fire Back fire Back fire , v. i. 1. (Engin.) To have or experience a back fire or back fires; said of an internal combustion engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Of a Bunsen or similar air fed burner, to light so that the flame proceeds from the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
backfire — ackfire, back fire ack fire 1. A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (a) A premature explosion in the cylinder … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Backfire — Backfire. См. Обратный удар пламени. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
backfire — index reaction (opposition), repercussion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
backfire — (n.) 1839, Amer.Eng., originally a fire deliberately lit ahead of an advancing prairie fire to deprive it of fuel, from BACK (Cf. back) (adj.) + FIRE (Cf. fire) (n.). As a verb in this sense, recorded from 1886. The meaning premature ignition in… … Etymology dictionary
backfire — [v] have an opposite effect backlash, boomerang, bounce back, disappoint, fail, flop, miscarry, rebound, recoil, ricochet, spring back; concepts 42,701 … New thesaurus
backfire — ► VERB 1) (of a vehicle or its engine) undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust. 2) (of a plan or action) go wrong, having the opposite effect to what was intended … English terms dictionary