To act against one's own interests, e.g., by saying what one is really thinking.
If you anger your boss, you're really just shooting yourself in the foot.
To deliberately sabotage an activity in order to avoid obligation, though it causes personal suffering. Origins in first world war trench warfare.
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mitterent ad se in pedes
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