( own goals)
1.
In sport, if someone scores an own goal , they accidentally score a goal for the team they are playing against. ( BRIT )
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2.
If a course of action that someone takes harms their own interests, you can refer to it as an own goal . ( BRIT )
Because of the legislation I could not employ a woman. Women have made themselves unemployable. They have scored an own goal.
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