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
Kartik	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Sabine	['seibain]
Viltautas	-	Lithuanian
AndrÉA	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Kerenza	-	English (Rare)
Valda	-	Latvian