Give someone enough rope
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Give someone enough rope, and they will hang themselves is a proverb or idiomatic expression meaning that given the opportunity, a person will fail on their own merits, or suffer the consequences of their own actions.
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