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Present participle for to result in the opposite of an intended effect
Present participle for to fail in the intended effect
Present participle for to have a negative impact, thwarting one's intentions or goals
Verb
▲
Present participle for to result in the opposite of an intended effect
boomeranging
rebounding
misfiring
recoiling
backlashing
ricocheting
ricochetting
failing
miscarrying
foundering
flopping
bombing
disappointing
redounding on
meeting with disaster
having an adverse effect
going wrong
springing back
turning out badly
not going as planned
falling flat
falling through
going belly-up
having unwelcome repercussions for
coming back
bouncing back
coming back on
kicking back
having an adverse effect on
bouncing
caroming
glancing
skimming
reverberating
redounding
skipping
returning
rebounding on
recoiling on
snapping back
affecting badly
deflecting
reflecting
going pear-shaped
going amiss
boinging
echoing
failing to work out
coming to grief
having unwelcome repercussions
bouncing off
coming home to roost
glancing off
backfiring on
boomeranging on
misfiring on
scoring an own goal
resiling
resounding
jumping back
“This comes with the warning that this plan can
backfire
spectacularly.”
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Present participle for to fail in the intended effect
misfiring
miscarrying
going wrong
going up in smoke
failing
flopping
foundering
falling flat
aborting
coming to nothing
coming to grief
meeting with disaster
collapsing
falling through
breaking down
biting the dust
missing the mark
running aground
coming a cropper
not succeeding
coming to naught
going astray
missing
bombing
fizzling out
going awry
lacking success
going down like a lead balloon
suffering defeat
not coming up to scratch
folding
floundering
flunking
tanking
cratering
flatlining
falling short
flaming out
washing out
striking out
fizzling
boomeranging
rebounding
blundering
slipping
going pear-shaped
going amiss
falling
recoiling
flummoxing
nosediving
going belly-up
turning out badly
going downhill
going down
missing the boat
going phut
not working
hitting the skids
coming unstuck
wallowing
missing the target
yielding
giving
crumpling
buckling
disappointing
losing
underperforming
pooping out
failing to go off
fizzing out
petering out
not coming off
fluffing
underachieving
sinking without trace
failing miserably
blowing it
going out of business
bombing out
screwing up
laying an egg
going down the toilet
hitting rock bottom
coming unglued
going by the board
not making the grade
caving in
falling flat on your face
falling by the wayside
not passing
unraveling
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going adrift
going haywire
falling apart
going badly
coming apart at the seams
going off course
crashing
closing
coming apart
going to the wall
doing something badly
losing money
declining
deteriorating
backsliding
losing control
hitting bottom
going down swinging
backing wrong horse
losing out
playing into
ganging agley
losing status
going bust
going under
breaking
going belly up
stalling
conking out
dying
folding up
cutting out
giving out
coming to a bad end
going on the rocks
coming to a sticky end
meeting with failure
coming unwrapped
disintegrating
stopping functioning
seizing up
stopping
halting
packing up
losing power
stopping working
going kaput
giving up the ghost
fading away
fading out
ceasing to function
running down
going into liquidation
going broke
going into receivership
going bankrupt
shutting down
becoming insolvent
closing down
going bump
crashing and burning
going down in flames
utterly failing
failing heavily
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Present participle for to have a negative impact, thwarting one's intentions or goals
counting against
countering
hurting
reversing
detracting
militating against
weighing against
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