Question
Select the most appropriate meaning of the bolded idiom.
Despite repeated warnings, the manager continued to ignore the financial irregularities and was finally hoist with his own petard.Solution
The idiom "hoist with one's own petard" means to be hurt or defeated by one's own plan intended to harm someone else.
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