clip the wings of
verb
Roget 706:
hinder,
impede,
filibuster [U.S.],
impedite†,
embarrass.
keep off,
stave off,
ward off;
obviate;
avert,
antevert†;
turn aside,
draw off,
prevent,
forefend,
nip in the bud;
retard,
slacken,
check,
let;
counteract,
countercheck†;
preclude,
debar,
foreclose,
estop [Law];
inhibit
etc.
761;
shackle
etc.
(restrain)
751;
restrict.
obstruct,
stop,
stay,
bar,
bolt,
lock;
block,
block up;
choke off;
belay,
barricade;
block the way,
bar the way,
stop the way;
forelay†;
dam up
etc.
(close)
261;
put on the brake
etc.
n.;
scotch the wheel,
lock the wheel,
put a spoke in the wheel;
put a stop to
etc.
142;
traverse,
contravene;
interrupt,
intercept;
oppose
etc.
708;
hedge in,
hedge round;
cut off;
inerclude†.
interpose,
interfere,
intermeddle
etc.
682.
cramp,
hamper;
clog,
clog the wheels;
cumber;
encumber,
incumber;
handicap;
choke;
saddle with,
load with;
overload,
lay;
lumber,
trammel,
tie one's hands,
put to inconvenience;
incommode,
discommode;
discompose;
hustle,
corner,
drive into a corner.
run foul of,
fall foul of;
cross the path of,
break in upon.
thwart,
frustrate,
disconcert,
balk,
foil;
faze,
feaze†,
feeze [U.S.];
baffle,
snub,
override,
circumvent;
defeat
etc.
731;
spike guns
etc.
(render useless)
645;
spoil,
mar,
clip the wings of;
cripple
etc.
(injure)
659;
put an extinguisher on;
damp;
dishearten
etc.
(dissuade)
616;
discountenance,
throw cold water on,
spoil sport;
lay a wet blanket,
throw a wet blanket on;
cut the ground from under one,
take the wind out of one's sails,
undermine;
be in the way of,
stand in the way of;
act as a drag;
hang like a millstone round one's neck.
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Roget 761:
prohibit,
inhibit;
forbid,
put one's veto upon,
disallow,
enjoin,
ban,
outlaw,
taboo,
proscribe,
estop [Law];
bar;
debar
etc.
(hinder)
706,
forefend.
keep in,
keep within bounds;
restrain
etc.
751;
cohibit†,
withhold,
limit,
circumscribe,
clip the wings of,
restrict;
interdict,
taboo;
put under an interdiction,
place under an interdiction;
put under the ban,
place under the ban;
proscribe;
exclude,
shut out;
shut the door,
bolt the door,
show the door;
warn off;
dash the cup from one's lips;
forbid the banns.
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Roget 158:
be impotent
etc.
adj.;
not have a leg to stand on.
vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou [Fr.],
vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents [Fr.].
collapse,
faint,
swoon,
fall into a swoon,
drop;
go by the board,
go by the wayside;
go up in smoke,
end in smoke
etc.
(fail)
732.
render powerless
etc.
adj.;
deprive of power;
disable,
disenable†;
disarm,
incapacitate,
disqualify,
unfit,
invalidate,
deaden,
cramp,
tie the hands;
double up,
prostrate,
paralyze,
muzzle,
cripple,
becripple†,
maim,
lame,
hamstring,
draw the teeth of;
throttle,
strangle,
garrotte,
garrote;
ratten†,
silence,
sprain,
clip the wings of,
put hors de combat [Fr.],
spike the guns;
take the wind out of one's sails,
scotch the snake,
put a spoke in one's wheel;
break the neck,
break the back;
unhinge,
unfit;
put out of gear.
unman,
unnerve,
enervate;
emasculate,
castrate,
geld,
alter,
neuter,
sterilize,
fix.
shatter,
exhaust,
weaken
etc.
160.
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