use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house

== English == === Etymology === Coined by American writer and feminist activist Audre Lorde in her essay "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House". === Verb === use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house (third-person singular simple present uses the master's tools to dismantle the master's house, present participle using the master's tools to dismantle the master's house, simple past and past participle used the master's tools to dismantle the master's house) (chiefly in the negative) To use the tools and framework of an oppressive system to end that oppression.