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Meaning of hoist with one's own petard | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Adjective. [C2]

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

hoistable hoistless hoity-toitier hoity-toitiest hoity-toity Hokchia