'V on n' - Construction 19
| Name: | the backfire on construction |
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| Description: | An entity has a negative effect on a person. |
| Verbs: | backfire, boomerang, descend, fall, grate, jar, press, prey,rebound, weigh, creep up, crowd in, sneak up |
| Example: | When she reached Hollywood, over-zealous publicity backfired on her… (BNC) |
| Membership: | affected 'on'; entity on person |
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