cook someone's goose

cook someone's goose
cook (someone's) goose informal if you cook someone's goose, you do something that spoils their plans and prevents them from succeeding.

Disgruntled employees cooked Blackledge's goose by leaking private documents to the press.


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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

  • cook someone's goose — If you cook someone s goose, you ruin their plans …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • cook someone's goose — ► cook someone s goose informal spoil someone s plans. Main Entry: ↑cook …   English terms dictionary

  • cook someone's goose — idi+inf cook someone s goose, Informal. to ruin someone s chances or future …   From formal English to slang

  • cook someone's goose —    If you cook someone s goose, you ruin their plans.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • cook someone's goose — informal spoil someone s plans. → cook …   English new terms dictionary

  • cook someone's goose — informal to cause a lot of problems for someone, or to spoil their plans …   English dictionary

  • cook one's goose — {v. phr.}, {slang} To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one s future expectations or good name. * /The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank s funds./ * /She cooked John s goose by reporting what she knew to the police./ *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cook one's goose — {v. phr.}, {slang} To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one s future expectations or good name. * /The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank s funds./ * /She cooked John s goose by reporting what she knew to the police./ *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cook\ one's\ goose — v. phr. slang To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one s future expectations or good name. The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank s funds. She cooked John s goose by reporting what she knew to the police. The dishonest… …   Словарь американских идиом

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