| strategy backfire | 6.25 | The strategy backfired. | ||
| move backfire | 5.27 | The move backfired. | ||
| plan backfire | 3.03 | The plan backfired. | ||
| effort backfire | 1.65 | But the effort backfired. | ||
| tactic backfire | 1.32 | The tactic backfired. | ||
| decision backfire | 1.05 | The decision backfired. | ||
| policy backfire | 0.99 | The policy backfired. | ||
| campaign backfire | 0.79 | But that campaign backfired. | ||
| tactics backfire | 0.72 | His tactics backfired. | ||
| gamble backfire | 0.66 | But the gamble backfired. | ||
| measure backfire | 0.66 | But the cost-cutting measure backfired in many cases. | ||
| scheme backfire | 0.66 | His scheme backfires. | ||
| ad backfire | 0.59 | Sometimes the ads backfire. | ||
| approach backfire | 0.53 | The approach backfired. | ||
| ploy backfire | 0.53 | The ploy backfired. | ||
| gambit backfire | 0.46 | The gambit backfired. | ||
| idea backfire | 0.46 | The idea backfired. | ||
| attack backfire | 0.39 | Yet attack can also backfire. | ||
| car backfire | 0.39 | The car backfired. | ||
| attempt backfire | 0.33 | But the coup attempt backfired. |