BE HOIST / HOISTED BY / WITH YOUR OWN PETARD

Meaning of BE HOIST / HOISTED BY / WITH YOUR OWN PETARD in English

to be hurt or to have problems as a result of your own plans to hurt or trick others

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOIST — I. ˈhȯist, chiefly dial ˈhīst verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: alteration of hoise transitive verb : raise , lift , …
Webster's New International 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
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
HOIST — / hɔɪst; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ vn , usually + adv. / prep. ] to raise …
Oxford 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
WITH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OWN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOIST — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hoist/lower the sails (= put the sails up or down ) COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOIST — [verb] [T] - to lift something heavy, usually using ropesTomorrow the final section of the bridge will be hoisted into …
Cambridge English vocab
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
YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
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
HOISTED — (imp. & p. p.) of Hoist
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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
HOISTED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Hoist
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PETARD — /pi tahrd"/ , n. 1. an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form …
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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
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
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
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
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
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
HOISTED — impf & ·p.p. of hoist.
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
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
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's 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 …
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BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
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YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PETARD
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OWN — I. own 1 S1 W1 /əʊn $ oʊn/ BrE AmE adjective , pronoun [always after a possessive] 1 . used …
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
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
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
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
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
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
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
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
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
HOIST — v. & n. --v.tr. 1. raise or haul up. 2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc. --n. 1. …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
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