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How to sign: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent";
See also: double cross
Similiar / Same: thwart, scotch, frustrate, foil, bilk, cross, spoil
Categories: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
Within this category: dash, disappoint, ruin, short-circuit
How to sign: be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me";
See also: figure out, puzzle out, puzzle over, solve, lick, work out, work
Similiar / Same: perplex, puzzle, mystify, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, dumbfound, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get
Categories: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
