- spike someone's guns
- spike (someone's) guns
to spoil someone's plans.
The African runner spiked her guns, overtaking her in the final minute.
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spike someone's guns
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spike someone's guns — see under ↑spike1 • • • Main Entry: ↑gun * * * spike someone s guns Brit : to ruin an opponent s plans • • • Main Entry: ↑spike … Useful english dictionary
spike someone's guns — Brit. thwart someone s plans. → spike … English new terms dictionary
spike guns — spike (someone s) guns to spoil someone s plans. The African runner spiked her guns, overtaking her in the final minute … New idioms dictionary
spike your guns — If you spike someone s guns, you ruin their plans … The small dictionary of idiomes
spike — spike1 spikelike, adj. /spuyk/, n., v., spiked, spiking. n. 1. a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 in. (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track. 2. something resembling… … Universalium
spike — I. /spaɪk / (say spuyk) noun 1. a large, strong nail or pin, especially of iron. 2. such a nail used for fastening rails to sleepers. 3. a stiff, sharp pointed piece or part. 4. a sharp pointed piece of metal, etc., fastened in something, with a… …
spike — spike1 noun 1》 a thin pointed piece of metal or another rigid material. ↘a large stout nail, especially one used to fasten a rail to a railway sleeper. ↘each of several metal points set into the sole of a sports shoe to prevent slipping.… … English new terms dictionary
spike — spike1 [spaık] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch] 1.) something long and thin with a sharp point, especially a pointed piece of metal 2.) [usually singular] a sudden large increase in the number or rate of something spike in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
spike — 1 noun (C) 1 something long and thin with a sharp point, especially a pointed piece of metal: spikes along the top of a fence 2 spikes (plural) metal points on the bottom of a shoe used for running, or the shoe itself 3 technical a sharp point on … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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