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render uncertain(upset, trouble, obscure, confuse)
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rule out(verb, stop, cut, check)
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run down(verb, crush, criticize, confuse)
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scoff at(verb, slight, criticize, lower)
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send up(upset, depress, extinguish, undermine)
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shoot down(verb, cut, reject, crush)
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show up(verb, upset, bother, disturb)
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shut out(verb, stop, check, reject)
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sneer at(verb, slight, criticize, lower)
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spoil sport(idiom, hindrance)
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stand aloof(idiom, refusal)
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stir up(upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
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take aback(defeat, distress, throw, disconcert)
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take apart(upset, depress, extinguish, undermine)
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take dim view of(idiom, reject, oppose, criticize)
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take down(verb, crush, criticize, confuse)
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take down a peg(verb, idiom, crush, slight)
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take steam out(idiom, upset, depress, extinguish)
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talk out of(verb, idiom, stop, check)
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tear down(verb, crush, confuse, shame)
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