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FOILING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foiling mean?
• FOILING (noun)
The noun FOILING has 1 sense:
1. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
Familiarity information: FOILING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
foiling; frustration; thwarting
Hypernyms ("foiling" is a kind of...):
hinderance; hindrance; interference (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)
Derivation:
foil (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of)
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