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.