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| admit you were wrong(idiom, withdraw, yield, backpedal) | |
| adverse fate(disappointment, letdown, disenchantment) | |
| bait the hook(idiom, deception) | |
| balk one's hope(idiom, disappointment) | |
| beat out of(verb, idiom, cheat, baulk) | |
| bind up(verb, restrain, curb, stifle) | |
| bitter disappointment(idiom, disappointment) | |
| bitter pill(disappointment, letdown, disillusionment, disenchantment) | |
| blight one's hope(idiom, disappointment) | |
| blind a trail(idiom, deception) | |
| blow whistle on(idiom, end, impede, arrest) | |
| body blow(noun, upset, disappointment, setback) | |
| bolt from the blue(noun, idiom, upset, blow) | |
| boundary strip | |
| box in(verb, block, delay, curb) | |
| break the rules(verb, idiom, ignore, defy) | |
| bring down to earth(verb, idiom, sadden, disappoint) | |
| bring to a close(verb, idiom, stop, close) | |
| bring to a standstill(verb, idiom, stop, finish) | |
| bring to nought |
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