own goal

[ ohn gohl ]

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noun

Soccer, Ice Hockey. an unintentional goal scored to the offense when the ball struck by a defensive player goes into the defensive team’s net: : o.g.
The goalkeeper's own goal was a stunningly bad moment.
an unintentional harm or disadvantage to oneself or one’s associates, brought about by one’s own action, often when the intention was to harm or disadvantage someone else:
The prosecution’s relentless badgering proved to be an own goal, and a much-relieved defendant went free.

own goal

noun

soccer a goal scored by a player accidentally playing the ball into his own team's net o.g
informal.
any action that results in disadvantage to the person who took it or to a party, group, etc with which that person is associated

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Word History and Origins

Origin of own goal¹

First recorded in 1920–25

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But groups said the Bill would "damage growth and employment, undermining the government's own goals".

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The second was another calamity, Vicario again culpable when he turned home striker Marshall Munetsi's tame header on to Spence when he could have held on, the ball rebounded back into his own goal.

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"Even if it's a van Dijk own goal, he's going on," he laughed.

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Shortly before a flurry at the end of the first half, Rangers' expected goals statistic was stuck at zero despite leading through McCart's first own goal.

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Sources who have worked with Levy say he does not communicate well enough and suggest the executive team are too similar, hence occasional "own goals" on policies.

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