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- be hoist with one's own petard
be hoist with one's own petard
be hoist with one's own petard
To be undone by one's own schemes.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Romaine | | [.rəu'mein] | |
| Shannon | | ['ʃænən] | |
| Cyrus | | ['saiərəs] | |
| Yasmin | | YAZ-min (English) | Persian, Arabic, English (Modern) |
| Jackie | | ['dʒæki] | |
| Yoel | | yo-EL (Jewish) | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |