Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoist with one's own petard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: hoist with- one's own petard
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard.

Example Sentences

"After a while Bond said: 'It's very satisfactory to be a corpse who changes places with his murderers. For them it certainly was a case of being hoist with their own petard.'"
"Not to put too fine a point on it, the leader who “got Brexit done” has, in that very act, been hoist with his own petard."

Questions

What does hoist with one's own petard mean?: Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard.

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