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"text": "The ships’ lines and sails were all afoul."
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"ref": "1840, Richard Henry Dana Jr., chapter 15, in Two Years Before the Mast, New York: Harper & Bros., page 137",
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"text": "1849, William F. Lynch, The Naval Officer, Chapter 2, in Graham’s Magazine, Volume 34, Number 3, March 1849,\nThe atmosphere was soon thick and stifling, and the crews were working their guns with the energy of desperation, when a severe concussion, followed by a harsh and grating sound, told that the ships were afoul."
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"(archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement."
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"text": "He had a knack for running afoul of the law."
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"ref": "1957 December 15, “Still in Business”, in Time",
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"ref": "1979, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in Dubin’s Lives, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, page 79",
"text": "Kings came to hear [Vivaldi’s] concerts but in the end he ran afoul of the Pope’s nuncio and fell out of favor, presumably for neglecting to say Mass […]",
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"ref": "1993, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, The Gripping Hand, New York: Pocket Books, published 1994, Part 1, Chapter 3, p. 28",
"text": "He committed acts which put him afoul of Empire law, details classified, twenty-six years ago.",
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"(with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with)."
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"english": "entangled",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "sotkussa"
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"roman": "v zapúgannom sostojánii",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "в запу́ганном состоя́нии"
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"roman": "v protivoréčije s",
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"roman": "vrazréz s",
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"word": "вразре́з с"
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"word": "напереко́р"
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"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "en conflicto con"
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"ipa": "/əˈfaʊl/"
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"rhymes": "-aʊl"
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],
"word": "afoul"
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"text": "The ships’ lines and sails were all afoul."
},
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"text": "1849, William F. Lynch, The Naval Officer, Chapter 2, in Graham’s Magazine, Volume 34, Number 3, March 1849,\nThe atmosphere was soon thick and stifling, and the crews were working their guns with the energy of desperation, when a severe concussion, followed by a harsh and grating sound, told that the ships were afoul."
}
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"(archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement."
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},
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"text": "A hemispheric axiom has it that when a dictator falls afoul of Washington, his opponents are emboldened to try to topple him.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1979, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in Dubin’s Lives, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, page 79",
"text": "Kings came to hear [Vivaldi’s] concerts but in the end he ran afoul of the Pope’s nuncio and fell out of favor, presumably for neglecting to say Mass […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1993, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, The Gripping Hand, New York: Pocket Books, published 1994, Part 1, Chapter 3, p. 28",
"text": "He committed acts which put him afoul of Empire law, details classified, twenty-six years ago.",
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"(with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with)."
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},
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"code": "fi",
"english": "entangled",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "sotkussa"
},
{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in conflict",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "hakauksessa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "em conflito com"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "de encontro a"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "contra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v zapúgannom sostojánii",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "в запу́ганном состоя́нии"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v protivoréčije s",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "в противоре́чие с"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vrazréz s",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "вразре́з с"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stolknovénije s",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "столкнове́ние с"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naperekór",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "напереко́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a state of entanglement or conflict (with)",
"word": "en conflicto con"
}
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"word": "afoul"
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