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墓穴を掘る is an exact match with the following word:
墓穴を掘る
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Reading : ぼけつをほる   
expression, 'ru' godan verb
to bring calamity upon oneself; to put one's foot in it; to dig one’s own grave  (idiomatic expression)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 11 (among the 150,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 193,000 (about 320,000 results)
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Example sentences:
かれ
せいてき
政敵
おとしい
ようと
さく
ろう
した
せけん
世間
あくひょう
悪評
かえ
って
みずか
ぼけつ
墓穴
ってしまった

He tried to trap his political opponent with a trick but ruined his own reputation in the process and ended up digging his own grave instead.
かれ
せいてき
政敵
おとしい
れよう
さく
ろう
した
せけん
世間
あくひょう
悪評
かえ
って
みずか
ぼけつ
墓穴
ってしまった

He tried to trap his political opponent but ruined his own reputation in the process and ended up digging his own grave instead.
ボ   はか grave   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
バク   ボ   マク   モ    must not   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
grass   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
クツ   ほ to dig   
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hand
クツ    yield   
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corpse
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
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