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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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"He has no one to blame but himself; he was hoisted by his own petard."
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Nearby phrases:
hit upon,
hocus pocus,
hog heaven,
hold a candle,
hold a grudge,
hold all the aces
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