hoist with one's own petard

A form of hoist by one's own petard — Hurt or destroyed by one's own plot or device intended for another; "blown up by one's own bomb".

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Meanings

adjective
  1. alternativeAlternative form of hoist by one's own petard.

    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.

    2022 February 6, William Keegan, “Pinter never created a comedy as dark as the Brexit party”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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    After a while Bond said: 'It's very satisfactory to be a corpse who changes places with his murderers. For them it certainly was a case of being hoist with their own petard.'

    1953, Ian Fleming, “The Game Is Baccarat”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 64
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