be hoist by/with one’s own petard
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
- petard
Idiom:
be hoist with one’s own petard
- To be undone by one’s own schemes.
Word History: The idiom to be hoist by one’s own petard originates in Shakespeare’s Hamlet … Hoist is the past participle of hoise …
be hoist(ed) with/by your own petard
Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus
- be hoist(ed) with/by your own petard
idiom ; formal
to suffer harm from a plan by which you had intended to harm someone else
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hoist by/on/with your own petard
Merriam-Webster’s Advanced Learners English Dictionary
- petard
hoist by/on/with your own petard
: hurt by something that you have done or planned yourself : harmed by your own trick or scheme
- a politician who has been hoist by his own petard
hoise
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoise
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