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
Ciar		KEER, KEE-ar	Irish
Jana (2)		YAH-nah	Croatian, Serbian
Philipp		FEE-lip	German
Zhen		-	Chinese
Swain		[swein]
Eustachys		-	Ancient Greek

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