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    Idiom: Rod For One's Back

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    rod for ones back 

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    The means of one's own punishment or downfall.

    A-Z Proximities

    • rocket science
    • rock hound
    • rock on
    • rock out with one's cock out
    • rock the boat
    • rod for one's back
    • rod in pickle
    • roger that
    • rogues' gallery
    • roll back the years
    • roll in the aisles

    Similar Idioms

    • rod for one's back
    • rod in pickle
    • back-to-back-to-back

    Similar Phrases

    • back-to-back
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    • divining rod
    • drill rod
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    • jacob's rod
    • dowsing rod
    • fishing rod
    • lightning rod
    • measuring rod
    • piston rod
    • retinal rod
    • spinning rod
    • rod cell
    • rod laver
    • rod puppet
    • tie rod
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