162 entries under baffle topic. ×

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let down(expression, upset, fail, deceive, thwart)
2
outwit(verb, stop, ruin, defeat, halt)
2
puzzle(verb, block, prevent, hinder, confuse)
2
squash(verb, restrain, curb, suppress, cross)
2
tease(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart)
1
abort(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart)
1
annul(verb, stop, prevent, hinder, depress)
1
beat down(verb, expression, cross, frustrate, blank)
1
beat the system(expression, idiom, cross, frustrate, blank)
1
befuddle(verb, throw, confound, puzzle)
1
bewilder(verb, disturb, agitate, frustrate)
1
bind(block, curb, restrict, frustrate)
1
blank(verb, cross, frustrate, thwart)
1
bring to naught(expression, idiom, upset, fail, deceive)
1
bungle(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart)
1
bury(verb, cross, frustrate, blank, thwart)
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cancel(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, yield)
1
cause setback(verb, expression, cross, frustrate, blank)
1
chain(frustrate, bind, hamper, shackle)
1
come to nothing(expression, idiom, upset, fail, deceive)
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