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   What is stymie verb?

   • Definition of stymie verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary stymie somebody/something to prevent somebody from doing something that they have planned or want to do; to prevent something from happening synonym foil He found himself stymied by an old opponent. Financial difficulties have stymied the company’s growth.

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   What does stymied mean?

   • , sty·mied, sty·mie·ing. to hinder, block, or thwart. a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it. Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.

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   What does stymie mean in golf?

   • Stymie was first used on the golf course in Scotland, where it referred to an opponent's ball blocking your own ball’s path to the cup. From there a verb sense developed, until finally stymie came to mean blocking with any obstacle, not just a golf ball. "Stymie."

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   What does stymy mean?

   • 2. any situation in which one is obstructed or frustrated 3. to hinder or obstruct as with a stymie 4. to block; impede Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. 1. Golf (on a putting green) 2. 3. Also: stymy, stimy SYNONYMS 3. stump, mystify, frustrate, confound.

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     STYMIE meaning: 1. to prevent something from happening or...

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     STYMIE definicja: 1. to prevent something from happening or...

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     STYMIE translate: 阻止，妨礙，阻撓. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     STYMIE translate: 阻止，妨碍，阻挠. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   The meaning of STYMIE is to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of. How to use stymie in a sentence. Did you know?

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   The verb stymie means "to obstruct or hinder." Constantly texting with your friends will stymie your effort to finish your homework. Stymie was first used on the golf course in Scotland, where it referred to an opponent's ball blocking your own ball’s path to the cup.

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   Stymie definition: to hinder, block, or thwart.. See examples of STYMIE used in a sentence.

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   stymie. (staɪmi ) Word forms: stymies , stymieing , stymied. verb [usually passive] If you are stymied by something, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing. [informal] Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement. [be VERB -ed]