hoist by one's own petard

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To be hurt, or destroyed by one's own plot or device, of one's own doing which one intended for another; to be "blown up by one's own bomb".

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  • From the play Hamlet by Shakespeare:
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He has no one to blame but himself; he was hoisted by his own petard.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

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