frustrate a person's plans

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• frustrate — frustrater, n. frustratingly, adv. frustrative /frus tray tiv, treuh /, adj. /frus trayt/, v., frustrated, frustrating, adj. v.t. 1. to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student s indifference frustrated… …   Universalium

• frustrate — frus•trate [[t]ˈfrʌs treɪt[/t]] v. trat•ed, trat•ing, adj. 1) to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify 2) to disappoint or thwart (a person) 3) to become frustrated 4) frustrated • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME <… …   From formal English to slang

• frustrate — /frʌsˈtreɪt / (say frus trayt) verb (t) (frustrated, frustrating) 1. to make (plans, efforts, etc.) of no avail; defeat; baffle; nullify. 2. to disappoint or thwart (a person). {Latin frustrātus, past participle, having disappointed or deceived}… …  

• take the wind out of a person's sails — frustrate someone s plans, ruin someone s plans …   English contemporary dictionary

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