to spike sb'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 — 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 somebody's guns — spike sb s ˈguns idiom (BrE) to spoil the plans of an opponent Main entry: ↑spikeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• spike one's guns — phrasal or spike the guns : to nullify one s power of hostile action : frustrate one s hostile intentions spiked the guns of the opposition by exposing their equal involvement in the scandal …   Useful english dictionary

• spike someone's guns — Brit. thwart someone s plans. → spike …   English new terms dictionary

• spike your guns — If you spike someone s guns, you ruin their plans …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• 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 — 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 — 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 — 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