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# an own goal

phrase (noun phrase: an own goal, own goals)

«an own goal» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (sport) a goal scored by mistake into your own team's net.
2. (idiom) an action that harms the person who does it.

### In the lessons

Football (soccer) term, UK, Ireland, Australia; in news and politics «an own goal» is a self-harming mistake.

### Examples

- The defender scored an own goal in the last minute.
- Their new rule was a political own goal.
- Raising prices that much was an own goal for the shop.
- Chat: «Telling Mum you skipped homework — total own goal.»
- News: «The minister's comments were described as an own goal.»
- Gossip: «Posting the party photos when he was «off sick» — what an own goal.»

### Note

Not a good goal: the other team gets the point. In sport scores, an own goal counts for the other side.