v
To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
adj
(UK dialectal, of persons or animals) Not thriving; not prosperous.
n
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
n
Alternative form of balking [A frustration or disappointment; a check.]
v
(intransitive, often followed by "with") To fit unnoticed into the surroundings.
n
A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.
v
(slang) To drive around.
n
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
v
(transitive) To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle.
v
(idiomatic) To prepare to defend against an attack or criticism.
n
The act by which somebody is cornered.
n
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
n
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
v
(obsolete) To rove over; to range.
n
An initial obstacle or hindrance, preventing further progress until it is dealt with.
n
(colloquial) One who contrives or makes, or arranges for anything.
v
(US, theater, slang, dated) To close a show.
n
That which hampers; an impediment.
n
An unforeseen obstacle to progress; a hitch or delay.
v
(transitive) To intercept.
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) Causing hindrance or delay.
n
One who, or that which, hinders.
n
Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
n
(figuratively) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.
n
A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.
n
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
v
Alternative spelling of outflank [(transitive) To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force).]
n
A valiant, futile frontal assault.
n
A set of simultaneous attacks against the flanks of an enemy salient in order to cut off and trap the enemy in an encirclement.
n
A deceptively easy or appealing course of action that leads one astray or into error.
n
The action or result of the verb put.
n
(informal) One who rounds up
v
To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
n
(US, informal, dated) A felon or whitlow.
n
A break of continuity in time.
n
(printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
v
(transitive) To watch a location and/or people, generally covertly.
n
(figuratively, by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
n
(idiomatic) A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.
v
(transitive) To obstruct.
n
(idiomatic) A hindrance, obstacle or impediment; an opportunity for error.
n
(idiomatic) Alternative spelling of stumbling block [(idiomatic) A hindrance, obstacle or impediment; an opportunity for error.]
n
An obstacle; a difficulty.
n
(by extension) An obstacle or obstruction.
adj
(figuratively, dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
v
(transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
n
A hindrance or impediment.
v
To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
n
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An instance of going or passing around; a trip.
adv
In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.
n
A person or device that turns something upside down.
n
A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of constraints, or laws or regulations.
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