āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
Scupper
01
āĻāϞ āύāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋ, āĻĄā§āĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāϞāĻž
drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
to scupper
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĢāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻāϰāĻž
to do something in order to cause something such as an opportunity or plan to fail
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If they had been more prepared, they would not have scuppered the important deal.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϰāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĢāϞ āĻāϰāϤ āύāĻžāĨ¤
02
āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
wait in hiding to attack
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