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    Scuppered means to cause something, such as a plan or an opportunity, to fail. It is chiefly used in British English. 1 2

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    scupper verb [T] (SPOIL) to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail: Arriving late for the interview scuppered my chances of getting the job.
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    SCUPPERED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    scupper verb [T] (SPOIL) to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail: Arriving late for the interview scuppered my chances of getting the job.
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    Scupper Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    scuppered; scuppering; scuppers transitive verb chiefly British : to defeat or put an end to : do in sense 1a
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    SCUPPERED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
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    scup·per
    [ˈskəpər]
    verb
    scuppered (past tense) · scuppered (past participle)
    1. sink (a ship or its crew) deliberately.
      • informal
        prevent from working or succeeding; thwart:
        "plans for a casino were scuppered by a public inquiry"
    Origin
    late 19th century (as military slang in the sense ‘kill, especially in an ambush’): of unknown origin. The sense ‘sink’ dates from the 1970s.
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    verb
    1. sink (a ship or its crew) deliberately.
      sink
      scuttle
      submerge
      send to the bottom
      open the seacocks in
      Opposite:
      float
      raise
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