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blow up in someone's face
idiom
informal
(of an action, plan, etc.) to go wrong in a way that harms or damages the person who did the action, made the plan, etc.:
The risk with making such a promise is it could blow up in your face later.
If people find out about this the whole thing could blow up in our faces.
This is a complete reversal of the strategy that blew up in the company's face.
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