backfire

Industry veterans say the plan had all but backfired by the time of the merger.

It’s a familiar pattern from Beijing’s earlier coercion campaigns against Japan, South Korea and Lithuania, each of which backfired, spurring greater resilience and alignment among partners.

Thomas Dee, a Stanford University education professor and economist, warns that an overemphasis on telling parents to send their children to school with a cold could backfire.

Fellow traitor Cat Burns warned that "it could backfire on you" to remove his prime suspect, but Ross replied: "Look, if I was a traitor, I wouldn't have done that."

That’s the type of bravado that can backfire on a new coach, fast.