"frontfire" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From front + fire, coined as an opposite for backfire (and not usually seen without it).",
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          "ref": "2002 August 18, Liam Griffin, “For the championship’s sake, it must be Tipp”, in Sunday Tribune (Dublin, Ireland):",
          "text": "Talking of backfire, frontfire or whatever, John Carroll can give it both barrels, and simultaneously.",
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          "ref": "2003, Douglas Coupland, Hey Nostradamus!, →ISBN:",
          "text": "I want to discuss that false psychic you paid to bring Heather messages from the dead. It was a thoughtful idea, but one that backfired and then, ultimately, in its own way, frontfired, giving Heather more hope than you’d imagine.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Steve Pavlina, Personal Development for Smart People, →ISBN, page vi:",
          "text": "I realized that speaking up now might backfire on me later, but there was a slim chance it could frontfire, too.",
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        "To have the intended effect."
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      "form": "frontfired",
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