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give him enough rope and he'll hang himself
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Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself definition
A person will bring about his or her own misfortune if given the opportunity.
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Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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