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Meanings of foul in English
Nautical term meaning to entangle or entwine, and more generally that something is wrong or difficult.
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Examples for "choke"
Examples for "choke"
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Castaner announced new measures such as banning police use of the choke-hold.
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That's so long as the federal government continues to choke our economy.
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It was a long moment before I could choke out the words.
4
The current strategy for ending the rupee's free fall will choke growth.
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Poultices do sometimes choke swine; tulips reduce posterity; causes leather to resist.
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Putin, however, laced his speech with enough statistics to clog a computer.
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And yet, Susannah saw, those cars did not clog the highway completely.
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Pro-European parties fear the eurosceptics may try to clog up the institution.
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Allowing the inane commentary of vested interests to clog up comment facilities.
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Wealth may procure many pleasures to clog the soul in its journey.
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All the blood in her body seemed to congest in her throat.
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The effect of alcohol on the brain of an adult is to congest it finally.
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In the coming weeks we'll have Champions League group stages to further congest the schedule.
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They in turn activate the ovarian cells, which congest the uterine glands and lining membrane.
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Alcohol will sometimes congest the brain of an adult under the most trying and discouraging circumstances.
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Beijing has denied any plans to choke off shipments of the minerals.
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Until her doubts and fears had begun to choke off her feelings.
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You know it's worse than hell to have to choke off short.
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Defensively, the Dolphins need to choke off the Jets' running game.
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For instance, sharp tax hikes could choke off the nascent recovery.
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Pro-European parties fear the eurosceptics may try to clog up the institution.
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Allowing the inane commentary of vested interests to clog up comment facilities.
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DoS attack will clog up the routers, slow down the transmission signal.
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But if your coronary arteries clog up, a pacemaker won't save you.
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They could clog up our vents, drip acid through the hull -
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The technology was never quite able to back up the bold statement.
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Return via the Sea Trout Inn and back up along the lane.
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Once it powers down, wait 30 seconds and power it back up.
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India's tax code allows authorities to go back up to seven years.
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Story says ventilators used in ambulances could be used as back up.
Usage of foul in English
1
Otherwise it could fall foul of fair trade and state aid rules.
2
He played 35 minutes Friday night despite a stretch in foul trouble.
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Senior guard Devonte' Graham added 16 points while dealing with foul trouble.
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Police said there was no sign of forced entry or foul play.
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However, the Phoenix police say there were no signs of foul play.
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First of all, the foul on Hulk was outside the penalty area.
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However, the opposition has cried foul, denouncing the validity of the results.
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However, then Motley inexplicably pushed off Allen and received a technical foul.
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However, he hid his foul temper until his secretary left the office.
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Photograph: Alamy This has made India run foul of the WTO rules.
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However, gardaí have yet to determine if foul play was a factor.
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Ski swore, using a particularly foul phrase he'd learned in the Army.
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A reader contacted us recently after falling foul of Bank of Ireland.
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FanDuel's proposed merger with rival Drafting's fell foul of regulators last year.
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But your mind is loaded with foul ideas; I detest your spirit.
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James got into foul trouble early and played a season-low 20 minutes.
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Portuguese
Foul through the time
Foul across language varieties
United States of America
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
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