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• deal a death blow — deal (something) a death blow to take an action that causes something to end or fail. New attacks dealt a death blow to the peace talks …   New idioms dictionary

• deal something a death blow — deal (something) a death blow to take an action that causes something to end or fail. New attacks dealt a death blow to the peace talks …   New idioms dictionary

• deal a mortal blow (to something) — strike/deal/a mortal blow (to something) phrase to completely destroy something This could deal a mortal blow to his credibility. Thesaurus: to destroy or severely damage somethingsynonym Main entry: mortal …   Useful english dictionary

• blow — [bləʊ ǁ bloʊ] verb blew PASTTENSE [bluː] blown PASTPART [bləʊn ǁ bloʊn] [transitive] 1. informal if you blow money on something, you spend a lot of money on it, often money that you cannot afford: • He blew his wages on a new stereo …   Financial and business terms

• deal — deal1 W1S1 [di:l] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(agreement)¦ 2 a great deal 3¦(treatment)¦ 4 it s a deal 5¦(cards)¦ 6¦(wood)¦ 7 a deal of something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: dAl] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• blow — blow1 W3S2 [bləu US blou] v past tense blew [blu:] past participle blown [ US bloun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(wind moving)¦ 2¦(wind moving something)¦ 3¦(air from your mouth)¦ 4¦(make a noise)¦ 5¦(violence)¦ 6¦(lose an opportunity)¦ 7¦(waste money)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• blow — I UK [bləʊ] / US [bloʊ] verb Word forms blow : present tense I/you/we/they blow he/she/it blows present participle blowing past tense blew UK [bluː] / US [blu] past participle blown UK [bləʊn] / US [bloʊn] *** 1) a) [intransitive] if wind or air… …   English dictionary

• deal — deal1 verb (past and past participle dealt) 1》 distribute (cards) to players for a game or round.     ↘(deal someone in) include a new player in a card game. 2》 (deal something out) distribute or apportion something. 3》 take part in commercial… …   English new terms dictionary

• deal — 1. v. & n. v. (past and past part. dealt) 1 intr. (foll. by with) a take measures concerning (a problem, person, etc.), esp. in order to put something right. b do business with; associate with. c discuss or treat (a subject). d (often foll. by… …   Useful english dictionary

• blow something sky-high — blow (something) sky high to make something that someone is trying to achieve fail completely, often by telling people something which should have been a secret. He blew the whole deal sky high by telling the newspapers about it …   New idioms dictionary