■ noun (in soccer) a goal scored when a player inadvertently strikes or deflects the ball into their own team's goal.
↘ Brit. informal an act that unintentionally harms one's own interests.
■ noun (in soccer) a goal scored when a player inadvertently strikes or deflects the ball into their own team's goal.
↘ Brit. informal an act that unintentionally harms one's own interests.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004