- blow up in one's face
- {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail completely and with unexpected force. * /The thief's plan to rob the bank blew up in his face when a policeman stopped him./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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blow up in one's face — {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail completely and with unexpected force. * /The thief s plan to rob the bank blew up in his face when a policeman stopped him./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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