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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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MatĚJ-Czech
Luke[lu:k]
Zoran-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Filips-Latvian
Mehrab-Persian, Literature
Acker['ækə]
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