be hoist with one's own petard

be hoist with one's own petard

To be undone by one's own schemes.

See also: hoist, own, petard

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Piero		PYE-ro	Italian
Genista		jə-NIS-tə (English)	Various
Walherich		-	Ancient Germanic
Oskari		OS-kah-ree	Finnish
Liz		LIZ	English
Jung-Hee		jung-hee	Korean

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