cause someone's downfall

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• cook someone's goose — (informal) 1. To spoil someone s plans 2. To make someone s downfall inevitable • • • Main Entry: ↑cook * * * cook someone’s goose informal phrase to cause a lot of problems for someone, or to spoil their plans Thesaurus …   Useful english dictionary

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