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Give someone enough rope and they will hang themselves ... "
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give (one) enough rope to hang (oneself) (redirected from give them enough rope to hang themselves)
give (one) enough rope to hang (oneself)
To give one the freedom or opportunity to do something wrong or detrimental to oneself, because one will usually do it. The saying expresses the belief that someone does not need to interfere to bring about one's downfall.
Don't interrupt the suspect with questions, just let him keep talking. Give him enough rope to hang himself!
See also: enough, give, hang, rope, to
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

give someone enough rope to hang themselves or give someone just enough rope to hang themselves!

If you give someone enough rope to hang themselves or give someone just enough rope to hang themselves, you give them the freedom to do something in the way they want to, because you know that way they are likely to fail. I gave him enough rope to hang himself. I let him make the decision, knowing that it would be the wrong one, and then just watched the chaos that followed. Note: People sometimes use the shorter expression give someone enough rope or give someone just enough rope. I started to wonder if was all part of their great plan — give me just enough rope.
See also: enough, give, hang, rope, someone, themselves, to

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Give someone enough rope

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Look up give him enough rope and he'll hang himself in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Give someone enough rope, and they will hang themselves is a proverb or idiomatic expression meaning that given the opportunity, people will incriminate themselves.

Give someone enough rope or enough rope may also refer to:

Give 'Em Enough Rope, a 1978 album by English punk group the Clash
Enough Rope, a 2003 to 2008 Australian TV interview series
Enough Rope (film), a 1963 film
Enough Rope, Dorothy Parker's first collection of poetry in 1926
See also
Not Enough Rope
There's not enough rope to tie me down