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foil a plot
释义
Example sentences
foil a plot
But the
plot
was
foiled
by a joint police and MI5 operation.
The Sun
(
2013
)
A girl, who
foiled
a
plot
by two ten-year-old boys to poison their teacher's coffee has been rewarded for her bravery.
The Sun
(
2014
)
Intelligence officials had
foiled
six
plots
in the past year, he said, calling on internet giants to help in the fight.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2015
)
Definition of 'plot'
plot
(
pl
ɒ
t
)
Explore 'plot' in the dictionary
countable noun
[
usually
NOUN
to-infinitive
]
A plot is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government.
Definition of 'foil'
foil
(
f
ɔɪ
l
)
Explore 'foil' in the dictionary
verb
If you foil someone's plan or attempt to do something, for example to commit a crime, you succeed in stopping them from doing what they want.
[
journalism
]
COBUILD Collocations
foil a plot
alleged plot
bomb plot
burial plot
buy a plot
complex plot
disrupt a plot
foil a plot
gripping plot
hatch a plot
murder plot
preposterous plot
sinister plot
terror plot
terrorist plot
thwart a plot
uncover a plot
vegetable plot
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to pull rank
to pull sb in (for sth/for doing sth)
to pull sb's leg
to pull someone's leg
to pull sth free/out of sth
to pull sth out
to pull sth to pieces
to pull strings
to pull strings (for sb)
to pull the chain
to pull the plug
to pull the plug (on sth)
to pull the wool over sb's eyes
to pull the wool over someone's eyes
to pull up a chair
to pull your punches
to pull your socks up
to pull your weight
to pump iron
to pump money into sth
to pump sb for information
to pump sth into/out of/up from sth
to punch a hole in sth
to punch sb on the nose/in the eye
to punish sb for sth/for doing sth
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