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Idiom be hoist by your own petardbe hoist by/with (your) own petard formal if you are hoist by your own petard, something that you did in order to bring you advantages or to harm someone else is now causing serious problems for you.The government, who have made such a point of criticizing the opposition's morals now find themselves hoist by their own petard as yet another minister is revealed as having an illicit affair.
be hoist by (one's) own petardTo be injured, ruined, or defeated by one's own action, device, or plot that was intended to harm another; to have fallen victim to one's own trap or schemes. ("Hoist" in this instance is the simple past-tense of the archaic form of the verb, "hoise.") I tried to get my boss fired by planting drugs on him, but I was hoist by my own petard when the police caught me with them beforehand. be hoist with one's own petard To be undone by one's own schemes. |