cook (someone's) goose

informal

if you cook someone's goose, you do something that spoils their plans and prevents them from succeeding.

Disgruntled employees cooked Blackledge's goose by leaking private documents to the press.

• throw open something to
• throw open something to someone
• throw open something to something
• throw open to
• throw open to someone
• throw open to something
• throw out
• throw out something
• throw out the baby with the bath water
• throw someone a curve
• throw someone a curve ball
• throw someone for a loop
• throw someone in at the deep end
• throw someone into a spin
• throw someone into a tizz
• throw someone into a tizzy
• throw someone off balance
• throw someone off the scent
• throw someone on the scrap heap
• throw someone out
• throw someone together
• throw someone to the dogs
• throw someone to the lions
• throw someone to the wolves
• throw something back in face