backfire on someone

backfire (on someone)

in. [for a scheme meant to cause harm to someone or something] to harm the person who runs the scheme. I hope this plan doesn’t backfire on me.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iosifu	-	Old Church Slavic
Katlyn	-	English (Modern)
Gerry	JER-ee (English), KHER-ree (Dutch)	English, Dutch
Saki	sah-kee	Japanese
Allan	AL-ən	English, Scottish
Gianmarco	jahn-MAHR-ko	Italian