HOIST WITH ONE'S OWN PETARD

Meaning of HOIST WITH ONE'S OWN PETARD in English

adj. phr. Caught in your own trap or trick. Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard. (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one's own bomb.)

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HOIST WITH ONE'S OWN PETARD — or hoist by one's own petard phrasal victimized or hurt by one's own scheme
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOIST WITH ONE'S OWN PETARD — phrasal or hoist by one's own petard : blown up by one's own bomb ; usually : victimized or hurt …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOIST WITH ONE'S OWN PETARD — or hoist by one's own petard : victimized or hurt by one's own scheme
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOIST WITH ONE'S OWN PETARD — or hoist by one's own petard : victimized or hurt by one's own scheme
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOIST WITH ONE'S OWN PETARD — {adj. phr.} Caught in your own trap or trick. * /Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was …
Slang English vocab
HOIST WITH ONE'S OWN PETARD — {adj. phr.} Caught in your own trap or trick. * /Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was …
Словарь английских идиом
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PETARD — petarde (-ar, -ero)
English interlingue dictionary
PETARD — noun Etymology: Middle French, from peter to break wind, from pet expulsion of intestinal gas, from Latin peditum, from neuter …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OWN — I. ˈōn adjective Etymology: Middle English owen, from Old English āgen; akin to Old High German eigan own, Old Norse …
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ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOIST — I. ˈhȯist, chiefly dial ˈhīst verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: alteration of hoise transitive verb : raise , lift , …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PETARD — pə̇ˈtärd, -tȧd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, from peter to break wind (from pet expulsion of intestinal gas, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PETARD — (n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and …
Английский словарь Webster
PETARD — ( n. ) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PETARD — /pi tahrd"/ , n. 1. an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OWN — /ohn/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOIST — — hoister , n. /hoyst/ or, sometimes, /huyst/ , v.t. 1. to raise or lift, esp. by some mechanical appliance: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PETARD — n. explosive device, bomb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OWN — I. ˈōn adjective Etymology: Middle English owen, from Old English āgen; akin to Old High German eigan own, Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOIST — I. ˈhȯist, chiefly dialect ˈhīst verb Etymology: alteration of hoise Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. : lift , raise …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PETARD — noun Etymology: Middle French, from peter to break wind, from pet expulsion of intestinal gas, from Latin peditum, from neuter …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PETARD — noun a case containing powder to be exploded, ·esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and …
Webster English vocab
OWN — adj to hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; …
Webster English vocab
HOIST — noun the act of hoisting; a lift. 2. hoist ·p.p. hoisted. 3. hoist ·noun the height of a fore-and-aft sail …
Webster English vocab
PETARD — [ pɪ'tα:d ] ■ noun historical a small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder. ↘a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PETARD — [pe.tard] n [MF, fr. peter to break wind, fr. pet expulsion of intestinal gas, fr. L peditum, fr. neut. of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OWN — [own] adj [ME owen, fr. OE agen; akin to OHG eigan own, ON eiginn, OE agan to possess--more at owe] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOIST — [hoist] vb [alter. of hoise] vt (15c) 1: lift, raise; esp: to raise into position by or as if by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOIST — mechanical device used primarily for raising and lowering heavy loads but occasionally for moving objects horizontally. It usually consists of …
Britannica English vocabulary
PETARD — petard BrE AmE pe ˈtɑːd pɪ-, pə-; ˈpet ɑːd AmE \ -ˈtɑːrd ▷ petard|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PETARD — / pəˈtɑːd; NAmE pəˈtɑːrd/ noun • IDIOMS see hoist verb •• WORD ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French pétard , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OWN — / əʊn; NAmE oʊn/ adjective , pronoun , verb ■ adjective , pronoun 1. used to emphasize that sth belongs …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOIST — / hɔɪst; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ vn , usually + adv. / prep. ] to raise …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PETARD
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OWN — I. own 1 S1 W1 /əʊn $ oʊn/ BrE AmE adjective , pronoun [always after a possessive] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOIST — I. hoist 1 /hɔɪst/ BrE AmE ( also hoist up ) verb [transitive] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: hoise 'to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PETARD — n. hist. 1 a small bomb used to blast down a door etc. 2 a kind of firework or cracker. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OWN — adj. & v. --adj. (prec. by possessive) 1 a belonging to oneself or itself; not another's (saw it with my …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOIST — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 raise or haul up. 2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc. --n. 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PETARD — n. hist. 1 a small bomb used to blast down a door etc. 2 a kind of firework or cracker. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OWN — adj. & v. adj. (prec. by possessive) 1 a belonging to oneself or itself; not another's (saw it with my …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOIST — v. & n. v.tr. 1 raise or haul up. 2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc. n. 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PETARD — n. hist. 1. a small bomb used to blast down a door etc. 2 a kind of firework or cracker. …
Oxford English vocab
OWN — adj. & v. --adj. (prec. by possessive) 1. a belonging to oneself or itself; not another's (saw it with my …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
HOIST — v. & n. --v.tr. 1. raise or haul up. 2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc. --n. 1. …
Oxford English vocab
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PETARD — ( petards) If someone who has planned to harm someone else is hoist with their own petard or hoist by …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OWN — ( owns, owning, owned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOIST — ( hoists, hoisting, hoisted) 1. If you hoist something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there. Hoisting …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PETARD — (~s) If someone who has planned to harm someone else is hoist with their own ~ or hoist by their …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PETARD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB hoist ▪ He discovered that he was being hoist with his own petard . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OWN
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