backfire

verb

1 the engine backfired:

misfire.

2 Bernard's plan backfired on him:

rebound, boomerang, come back, have an adverse effect;

have unwelcome repercussions for, cause one to be hoist with one's own petard, be self-defeating, be counterproductive;

fail, miscarry, go wrong;

informal blow up in someone's face;

archaic redound on.

backfire Oxford Dictionary of English