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
Branimira	-	Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Derek	DER-ik	English
Daryna	-	Ukrainian
Julian	JOO-lee-ən (English), JOOL-yən (English), YUWL-yahn (Polish), YOO-lee-ahn (German)	English, Polish, German
Pherick	-	Manx
Asaf	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew