Definition of Boomerang

(of a plan) to backfire or reverse with negative consequences

Examples of Boomerang in a sentence

Freda warned her husband that his shady business deals could boomerang back and cost him a lot of money.  🔊

Brian’s cheating ways seemed to boomerang back when he found out that his wife was seeing another man.  🔊

Because he had committed so many crimes in the past, the felon was always afraid that his old ways would boomerang in a karmatic way.  🔊

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