plot the downfall

Frequency: 6.57.0 per million words

To secretly make a plan to cause someone's or something's ruin.

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  • They were found guilty of plotting the downfall of the government.
  • The rival company's executives were secretly plotting the downfall of our new product line.
  • The conspirators met in secret to plot the emperor's downfall.
  • The villain in the novel spent years plotting the hero's downfall.
  • In many Shakespearean tragedies, ambitious characters plot the downfall of the reigning monarch.
  • If you continue to be so arrogant, your own team will eventually plot your downfall.
  • Do you really believe they are plotting the downfall of the entire organization?
  • A scheme to plot the CEO's downfall was uncovered by an anonymous whistleblower.
  • Plotting the downfall of a powerful dynasty requires patience and cunning.
  • The political analyst suggested that a small faction within the party has been plotting the leader's downfall for months.