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own goal
[ohn gohl]
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
o.g.soccer a goal scored by a player accidentally playing the ball into his own team's net
informalany action that results in disadvantage to the person who took it or to a party, group, etc with which that person is associated
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of own goal1
Example Sentences
Two own goals reflected the flawed, madcap nature of this final.
When news about Alhurra filtered out — along with talk that even MBN might shut down — many observers saw it as an own goal, a misguided rollback of U.S. soft power in the Middle East.
But groups said the Bill would "damage growth and employment, undermining the government's own goals".
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.
"Even if it's a van Dijk own goal, he's going on," he laughed.
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