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| make blue(verb, upset, distress, depress) | |
| make one sick(verb, idiom, irritate, disgust) | |
| make unhappy | |
| not take kindly to(verb, idiom, reject, oppose) | |
| persuade against(verb, prevent, thwart, deter) | |
| play a trick(idiom, disappointment) | |
| play one false(idiom, disappointment) | |
| poke full of holes(verb, idiom, feelings, explode) | |
| pour scorn on(verb, idiom, criticize, mock) | |
| prohibit from(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| protect against(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss) | |
| pushed back(disregard, dismiss, ignore) | |
| put back(verb, defer, suspend, postpone) | |
| put in fear(idiom, fear) | |
| put into a funk(verb, idiom, upset, distress) | |
| put out(verb, depress, extinguish, dampen) | |
| put up a fight(idiom, stop, restrain, prevent) | |
| remain firm(stop, restrain, prevent) | |
| render averse(idiom, dissuasion) | |
| scare the daylights out of(worry, agitate, deter, scare) |
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