boomeranged
past simple and past participle ofboomerang
boomerang
verb[I]
uk/ˈbuː.mə.ræŋ/us/ˈbuː.mə.ræŋ/If aplanboomerangs, itbringsaharmfulresultinsteadof theintendedgood one:
Ourplanto take over thebusinesscould boomerangonus if we're notcareful.
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- blow(someone/something)up
- bomb
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
Examplesofboomeranged
boomeranged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The sponsor was only being helpful, but thatboomeranged.
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It was blown up out of all proportion to its merits and this ballyhooboomeranged, and quite rightly so.
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So that ruleboomeranged, as some of us warned it would.
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It proved to be a strange new parliamentary device—a damp squib thatboomeranged.
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But surely his argument hasboomeranged.
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He took these bills andboomerangedthem into his top hat.
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