cook one's goose

[cook one's goose] {v. phr.}, {slang} To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one's future expectations or good name.

/The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank's funds./

/She cooked John's goose by reporting what she knew to the police./

/The dishonest official knew his goose was cooked when the newspapers printed the story about him./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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