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What is another word for scuttle?

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Verb

To run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps

To ruin or cause the end of

To cause (a ship) to sink

To go or sink underground or underwater

An act or sound of running hurriedly with short steps

The state of being hasty or speedy

A roughly cylindrical open container with a handle, typically used to hold and carry liquids

A doorway with a hatch rather than a door

A circular window set in the hull of a ship

A space or gap that allows passage or access

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To run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps

go like a bat out of hell

plough^UK

plow^US

move like greased lightning

put on a burst of speed

go like greased lightning

go at breakneck speed

show a clean pair of heels

do a disappearing act

take a long walk on a short pier

take oneself off from

absent oneself from

be off with you

go and jump in the lake

go and chase yourself

get out of my sight

do a fade

strike out

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“My absolute dream has always been to live and work in the same space, to work downstairs, then scuttle upstairs to a nest in the rafters.”

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To ruin or cause the end of

neutralize^US

baulk^UK

balk^US

neutralise^UK

put a spoke in someone's wheel

take wind out of sails

throw a spanner in the works

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

vaporize^US

vaporise^UK

pulverize^US

pulverise^UK

queer someone's pitch

rain on someone's parade

throw monkey wrench in

dampen

throw a monkey wrench in the works

chill

cloud

jeopardize^US

imperil

bring about the downfall of

paralyze^US

paralyse^UK

make of no use or value

put out of commission

jeopardise^UK

be disadvantageous to

take the wind out of your sails

throw a monkey wrench into

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“Such animosity threatened to scuttle the peace conference.”

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To cause (a ship) to sink

Verb

To go or sink underground or underwater

go to Davy Jones's locker

dip beneath the horizon

fall apart at the seams

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An act or sound of running hurriedly with short steps

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“Earlier in the day, I visited Little Water Cay, where I could hear the scuttle of endangered rock iguanas mixing with the waves.”

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The state of being hasty or speedy

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A roughly cylindrical open container with a handle, typically used to hold and carry liquids

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What is another word for scuttle?

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