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| dismay frustrate(upset, fail, deceive, thwart) | |
| eat away(hurt, ruin, challenge, weaken) | |
| edge out(verb, cross, frustrate, blank) | |
| fall down on(idiom, upset, fail, deceive) | |
| fall flat(upset, fail, deceive, thwart) | |
| fall short of(idiom, upset, fail, deceive) | |
| fencing sword | |
| fend off(verb, stop, separate, halt) | |
| fly in face of(idiom, disregard, ignore, challenge) | |
| get away from(idiom, escape, frustrate, baffle) | |
| get in the way(idiom, block, curb, restrict) | |
| get the better of(verb, idiom, beat, defeat) | |
| give the run around(verb, idiom, stop, block) | |
| give wide berth to(idiom, escape, frustrate, baffle) | |
| go one better | |
| halt in its tracks(verb, idiom, stop, halt) | |
| hang fire(block, hinder, obstruct, frustrate) | |
| hang tough(disregard, ignore, challenge, resist) | |
| head off(verb, stop, restrain, halt) | |
| hem and haw(idiom, escape, frustrate, baffle) |
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