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動詞

frontfire (三人称単数 現在形 frontfires, 現在分詞 frontfiring, 過去形および過去分詞形 frontfired)

1. To have the intended effect.
   • 2002 August 18, Liam Griffin, “For the championship’s sake, it must be Tipp”, in Sunday Tribune (Dublin, Ireland):

     Talking of backfire, frontfire or whatever, John Carroll can give it both barrels, and simultaneously.

   • 2003, Douglas Coupland, Hey Nostradamus!, ISBN 9780007162512:

     I want to discuss that false psychic you paid to bring Heather messages from the dead. It was a thoughtful idea, but one that backfired and then, ultimately, in its own way, frontfired, giving Heather more hope than you’d imagine.

   • 2010, Steve Pavlina, Personal Development for Smart People, ISBN 1458781968, page vi:

     I realized that speaking up now might backfire on me later, but there was a slim chance it could frontfire, too.