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foil verb baffle, balk, be obstructive, bring to naught, cause to be nugatory, check, confound, counter, counteract, countermine, cripple, crush, dash, dash one's hopes, defeat, disable, disappoint, disrupt, eludere, frustrate, get in the way of, hamper, hinder, impede, intercept, keep from being successful, nip, obstruct, override, prevent, render vain, retard, ruin, spoil, stultify, subdue, thwart, upset, vanquish
Associated concepts: foil a crime

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baffle balk be obstructive bring to naught cause to be nugatory check circumvent confound constrict contravene counter counteract countermine cripple crush dash dash one’s hopes defeat deter			I would like to appeal to all cyclists to add a little something like wind chimes or even pieces of tin foil that would tinkle as they move. Whistling past... Your Say by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Checks at Mr O'Dowd's room also revealed tin foil, often used in the preparation of heroin, although tests could not conclude whether or not a puncture mark on his arm was made by a syringe. Drug abuse death by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) The tests consisted of a similar set of pages with coloured dots and a beam of light which shone down from the corner of the room in front of which some coloured bits of tin foil passed, and I was asked to identify the colour of these bits of paper. Army life with flying colours! VIEWPOINTS by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			time without end time worn Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions time-honored Time-Price Differential time-saving timed timeful timeless timelessness timeliness timely timely care timere timeserving Timeshare Timeshare sales, damages timetable timeworn timid timidity timor Timores vani sunt aestimandi qui non cadunt in constantem virum timorous timorousness tin foil tingere tingling tinker Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District tint tiny tip tip off tip over tipped tipper tipping tipple Tippling house Tipstaff tipster tiptop tirade tire tire out tired tireless tirelessness tiresome tiring			Tin Buktu Tin Buktu tin can tin can Tin Can Manufacturing Tin Can Tourists Tin cans Tin cans tin cap Tin ceiling Tin ceilings Tin chloride tin chromate Tin compounds Tin compounds Tin compounds Tin compounds Tin cry tin crystals Tin dichloride tin difluoride Tin dioxide Tin dioxide Tin dioxide tin disease tin disease Tin Drum, The tin ear tin ear tin fluoride tin foil Tin Foil Hat Brigade Tin Foil Hat Club Tin frame Tin Free Steel tin god tin gods tin hat Tin Hat Trio tin hats Tin Hau Festival Tin hydride Tin hydride Tin iodide Tin Kickers Tin lepsory Tin lepsory Tin liquor tin lizzie Tin Lizzies Tin metallurgy Tin metallurgy Tin metallurgy Tin metallurgy Tin Mill Black Plate tin mine tin monosulfide Tin monoxide Tin monoxide

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foil (redirected from tin foil)

foil
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