390 entries under verb topic. ×
| overturn(defeat, cross, frustrate, blank) | |
| quell(beat, defeat, crush, overcome) | |
| reduce(stop, control, beat, defeat) | |
| regulate | |
| run circles around(expression, idiom, stop, circumvent) | |
| run rings around(expression, idiom, stop, circumvent) | |
| shake off(expression, stop, halt, circumvent) | |
| shuffle off(expression, stop, halt, circumvent) | |
| skin(noun, stop, ruin, oppose) | |
| surmount(beat, defeat, crush, overcome) | |
| tease(upset, fail, deceive, thwart) | |
| throw monkey wrench in(expression, thwart, disappoint, stall) | |
| torment(upset, fail, deceive, thwart) | |
| upset(stop, ruin, defeat, oppose) | |
| upset the apple cart(expression, thwart, disappoint, stall) | |
| vanquish(beat, defeat, crush, overcome) | |
| victimize(cheat, trick, cross, deceive) | |
| ward off(expression, phrasal verb, stop, separate) | |
| whip(beat, defeat, crush, overcome) | |
| abort(upset, fail, deceive, thwart) |
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