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Present participle for make a mess of

Present participle for ruin or foil

Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

Present participle for lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously

Present participle for to spoil or be the one bad feature of

Present participle for to make something more complex

Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

Present participle for to fill with alarm or depression

Present participle for to fail to have the intended effect or result

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Present participle for make a mess of

making a pig's ear of

doing something badly

making a dog's dinner of

putting your foot in it

putting a spanner in the works

making a dog's breakfast

hashing up

making a mess

blotting your copybook

snarling up

barking up the wrong tree

getting the wrong end of the stick

getting signals crossed

making a mistake about

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“Provide them with a mansion, and they will rip out the plumbing, write obscenities on the walls, and generally foul up their own nest.”

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Present participle for ruin or foil

rendering ineffective

putting the kibosh on

making of no use or value

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

cooking someone's goose

upsetting the applecart

raining on someone's parade

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Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

balking^US

baulking^UK

cancelling^UK

canceling^US

putting the kibosh on

putting the lid on

cramping one's style

dashing one's hope

standing in the way of

upsetting the applecart

giving the run around

rendering null and void

curbing

restraining

putting paid to

putting the mockers on

putting the stopper on

lousing up

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

throwing a spanner in the works

taking down

playing off

cooking someone's goose

confusing

stultifying

taking the wind out of your sails

halting in its tracks

throwing monkey wrench in

throwing a monkey wrench in the works

getting the better of

beating down

causing setback

taking wind out of sails

getting in the way of

getting in the way

cutting off

closing off

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

putting a wrench in the works

throwing cold water on

beating someone to it

keeping back

standing off

beating someone to the draw

beating someone to the punch

putting to flight

putting up a fight against

pouring cold water on

turning back

causing havoc

putting a spanner in the works

preventing from making progress

putting the damper on

putting the brakes on

throwing a spoke in the wheel of

dueling^US

duelling^UK

putting on back burner

keeping at arm's length

bringing to screeching halt

throwing a monkey wrench into

warring

oppugning

cheating

acting like a wet blanket

bringing to an end to

battling against

making a stand against

slackening pace

keeping under control

keeping a lid on

biting back

coming to a standstill

petering out

not moving

bringing to a standstill

gaoling^UK

jailing^US

putting half nelson on

taking up arms against

locking horns with

contending with

taking issue with

setting your face against

taking a stand against

equalizing^US

equalising^UK

rendering ineffective

abrogating

squaring up

overriding

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Present participle for lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously

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Present participle for to spoil or be the one bad feature of

putting the kibosh on

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

vaporizing^US

levelling^UK

leveling^US

vaporising^UK

putting out of action

putting out of commission

throwing a monkey wrench into

vandalizing^US

vandalising^UK

discoloring^US

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

raining on someone's parade

playing merry hell with

driving a nail into the coffin of

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Present participle for to make something more complex

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Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

ravelling^UK

raveling^US

getting into a tangle

throwing into disorder

throwing into confusion

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

causing turmoil in

making a hash of

throwing into disarray

bringing into disorder

randomizing^US

randomising^UK

bringing into disarray

unbalancing

throwing into a state of disorganization

upsetting the applecart

forgetting where one has put something

placing wrongly

losing track of

forgetting whereabouts of

removing

putting in wrong place

placing unwisely

forgetting the whereabouts of

putting in the wrong place

leaving behind

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Present participle for to fill with alarm or depression

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

filling with consternation

throwing into a tizzy

balking^US

baulking^UK

catching off balance

taking by surprise

psyching out

stopping someone in their tracks

putting someone off their stroke

making someone scratch their head

putting out of countenance

setting someone back on their heels

putting someone off their stride

causing to be at a stand

upsetting the applecart

throwing cold water on

hurting

jolting

pouring cold water on

knocking the stuffing out of

taking the wind out of your sails

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

giving someone the blues

scaring the bejesus out of

scaring the living daylights out of

making sad

undermining

bowling over

making one's hair stand on end

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

making someone's hair stand on end

scaring the pants off

lying heavy on

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

putting the fear of God into

electrifying

giving a hard time

throwing into a blue funk

hurting somebody's feelings

dampening spirits

making unhappy

making miserable

making one's blood run cold

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

dampening the spirits of

shattering

antagonizing^US

scaring away

making someone fed up

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

pulling the rug from under

benumbing

pulling the rug out from under

taking your breath away

making someone jump out of their skin

making someone shake in their shoes

throwing into a panic

sending into a cold sweat

scaring the life out of

scaring the hell out of

frightening the living daylights out of

frightening the life out of

frightening someone out of their wits

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

bringing tears to your eyes

breaking the heart of

scaring the daylights out of

causing someone to lose their composure

blinding someone with something

messing with one's head

knocking props out

examining

ventilating

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

frightening out of your wits

scaring the pants off of

lobotomizing

casting a gloom on

dashing the hopes of

knocking the wind out of

harshing one's mellow

shattering the illusions of

giving someone the hump

giving someone a fright

sending over the edge

setting someone thinking

taking steam out

running down

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

tyrannizing^US

harshing someone's mellow

hanging over

making desolate

bearing down

breaking someone's heart

tyrannising^UK

making a big thing of

making a big thing out of

causing to lose heart

mau-mauing

making a mountain out of a molehill

making a meal of

leaning on

making a thing of

chilling to the marrow

pushing around

rubbing up the wrong way

putting your back up

rankling with

giving offence

putting someone's nose out of joint

causing offense

treading on someone's toes

getting your goat

freezing your blood

shooting down

letting wind out of sails

knocking down

cutting down to size

puncturing balloon

taking down a peg or two

throwing into a fright

surprizing

scaring someone half to death

striking

touching

putting one away

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Present participle for to fail to have the intended effect or result

coming apart at the seams

going down like a lead balloon

falling by the wayside

meeting with disaster

not coming up to scratch

punching below one's weight

not showing

bringing to naught

falling short of expectations

unraveling^US

unravelling^UK

falling flat on your face

sinking without trace

failing miserably

blowing it

going out of business

bombing out

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