petard in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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to be hoist with one's own petard

être pris à son propre piège

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c'est l'arroseur arrosé

he's been hoisted by his own petard

petard in the PONS Dictionary

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to be hoist(ed) with one's own petard

être pris à son propre piège

petard Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be hoist(ed) with one's own petard

être pris à son propre piège

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It looked, in fact, set to hoist on its own petard.

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Hoisted on their own petard, the founders agreed.

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At this point he was hoisted by his own petard: the emperor's paranoia, which he had so ably exploited for his own gain, was turned against him.

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These postmodernists are being hoisted by their own petard by a student who hasn't even read the majority of the works he's stealing from.

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Both sides have been hoisted on that petard.

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Now, they have been hoist by their own petard.

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Effeminate men get hoisted on their own chiffon petards.

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Petard then launched a boarding party in a seaboat.

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If a petard detonated prematurely, the petardier would be blown upward by the explosion.

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The petard had to be placed directly against the surface of the fortress.

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