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  • 1put the clog in —    deliberately to injure an opposing player    In the game of soccer, where the players wear boots rather than wooden footwear:     There were many who thought the Dutch had put the clog in on the Saudi striker. (Daily Telegraph, 22 June 1994)… …

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  • 2clog — I. v. a. 1. Trammel, shackle, hamper, fetter, put a clog on. 2. Obstruct, choke, choke up, stop up. 3. Encumber, hinder, impede, hamper, embarrass, cumber, restrain, trammel, burden, load. II. n. 1. Trammel, fetter, shackle, drag weight, dead… …

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  • 3clog — I verb arrest, astrict, bar, barricade, be obstructive, block, block up, bridle, burden, checkmate, choke, close, close off, constrict, cumber, dam, deadlock, detain, exclude, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder,… …

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  • 4put a stop to — index cease, check (restrain), clog, close (terminate), condemn (ban), constrain ( …

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  • 5clog — 1 verb also clog up (I, T) if something clogs a road, pipe etc, or a road or a pipe clogs, it gradually becomes blocked and no longer works properly: Don t put potato peelings down the drain, they ll clog up the pipe. | clog sth with: The roads… …

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  • 6clog — v 1. encumber, hamper, hinder, cumber, place an obstacle in the way of, balk; impede, incommode, embarrass, delay, U.S. filibuster, retard, slow up or down, brake; frustrate, thwart, cross, oppose, countercheck, counteract; complicate, make… …

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  • 7Yule clog — Yule Yule ([=u]l), n. [OE. yol, [yogh]ol, AS. ge[ o]l; akin to ge[ o]la December or January, Icel. j[=o]l Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. {Jolly}.] Christmas or… …

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  • 8Hindrance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Hindrance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 prevention prevention preclusion obstruction stoppage Sgm: N 1 embolus embolus Sgm: N 1 interruption interruption interception interclusion| Sgm: N 1 hindrance …

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  • 9America's Got Talent (season 3) — America s Got Talent Season 3 Broadcast from June 17, 2008–October 1, 2008 Judges Piers Morgan Sharon Osbourne David Hasselhoff Host(s) Jerry Springer …

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  • 10hindrance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Something that obstructs Nouns 1. hindrance, obstruction, stoppage; interruption, interception, impedition; retardment, retardation; embarrassment, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint,… …

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