hoist with one's own petard
English
Adjective
- Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard
- 2022 February 6, William Keegan, “Pinter never created a comedy as dark as the Brexit party”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Not to put too fine a point on it, the leader who “got Brexit done” has, in that very act, been hoist with his own petard.
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