hoist with one's own petard
hoist with one's own petard {adj. phr.}
Caught in your own trap or trick.
Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard.
(From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one's own bomb.)
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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