| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. Informal. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose: baffle, balk, check, checkmate, defeat, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart. Informal : cross. Idioms: cut the ground from under. See ALLOW. 2. To move heavily: clump, galumph, hulk, lumber, lump1. See MOVE. 3. Informal. To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say: confound, nonplus. Informal : flummox, stick, throw. Slang : beat. Idioms: put someone at a loss. See AFFECT, KNOWLEDGE.
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