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hoist with own petard

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Idioms

hoist with own petard ^[1]
hoist with one's own petard ^[2]

hoist with own petard
hoist with (your) own petard
to be harmed by something that was intended by you to harm someone else.

The most enjoyable moment in any action film occurs when the villain is hoist with his own petard.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of hoist by your own petard (= blown into the air by your own explosive device), an expression made popular in Shakespeare's play, “Hamlet”

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hoist with one's own petard
adj. phr. Caught in your own trap or trick.
Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard. (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one's own bomb.)

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