cook (one's) goose
To ruin one's chances
cook someone's goose
if you cook someone's goose, you do something that spoils their plans and prevents them from succeeding

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cook goose
cook (someone's) goose
[informal]
if you cook someone's goose, you do something that spoils their plans and prevents them from succeeding.
Disgruntled employees cooked Blackledge's goose by leaking private documents to the press.

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cook goose
to damage or ruin someone; to destroy someone's future chances or reputation
I think that I cooked my goose when I made a mistake at work today.

The woman cooked her goose when she fought against her employer and lost.

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cook someone's goose
cook (someone's) goose
[informal]
if you cook someone's goose, you do something that spoils their plans and prevents them from succeeding.
Disgruntled employees cooked Blackledge's goose by leaking private documents to the press.

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cook someone's goose
to damage or ruin someone; to destroy someone's future chances or reputation
I think that I cooked my goose when I made a mistake at work today.

The woman cooked her goose when she fought against her employer and lost.

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cook one's goose
to ruin one's chances
The girl cooked her goose and has no chance of getting the new job.

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cook one's goose
v. phr., slang To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one's future expectations or good name.
The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank's funds.
She cooked John's goose by reporting what she knew to the police.
The dishonest official knew his goose was cooked when the newspapers printed the story about him.

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