dig a pit for someone
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dig a pit for someone — idiom
1. to secretly plan trouble or harm for another person, often in a way that ends up
1.idiom
Definition
to secretly plan trouble or harm for another person, often in a way that ends up hurting yourself instead.
Example
Lord Marston spent months digging a pit for his rival, only to lose his own title in the same scandal.
The novel's villain digs a pit for the young hero but falls into it himself in the final chapter.