Sentence examples for might backfire on from inspiring English sources
His behaviour "has been very badly received [in the party], it is hurtful and might backfire on him one day".
"It might backfire on my mom.
Mr. Ganguly suggests that as the Indian democracy matures and the Indian electorate demands a meritocratic leadership, this decision might backfire on the Congress.
"They're playing a very risky game that might backfire on them," said Khalil al-Anani, an expert on Islamist politics in Egypt.
Couple that with a diminished tolerance for bad behavior by athletes, and companies are far more aware of how endorsements might backfire on them.
Mr. Bush's political team appeared to sense that taking the question to the voters might backfire on the Democrats, with the president, and by implication his party, suffering no lasting political damage from the disclosures of the past week.
I can even see some people's concerns that this might backfire politically on the Democrats.
The campaign of arrests appears to have escalated in the past two weeks, and American officials suggested it might backfire as the protests build on momentum gathered over successive Fridays.
Mr. Christie's betting on prejudice, but that might backfire.
Might it backfire on him?
