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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, frustrate, foil, baffle, bilk, cross, spoil
Categories: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
Within this category: dash, disappoint, ruin, short-circuit
How to sign: avoiding waste
"an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great De;
Similiar / Same: frugal, sparing, stinting, economical