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frustrate, thwart, foil, cross, spoil, baffle, queer, scotch, bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | ||
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foil | cover or back with foil | ||
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foil, hydrofoil | a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through | ||
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foil | enhance by contrast | ||
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foil, enhancer | anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities | ||
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foil | [in fencing] a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button | ||
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foil, transparency | picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector | ||
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foil | a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal |