"fall foul" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英语]

Audio: en-au-fall foul.ogg Forms: falls foul, falling foul, fell foul, fallen foul
  1. 冲撞,攻击 (+ on、of或upon) Tags: archaic, idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-fall_foul-en-verb-EA67mFut Categories (other): 有古舊詞義的英語詞, 有引文的英語詞, 英語俗語, 英語引文翻譯請求
  2. 败给 (+ of) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-fall_foul-en-verb-1xSAM6Qv Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英語俗語, 英語引文翻譯請求
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
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        "現在分詞"
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        "過去式"
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    },
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      "form": "fallen foul",
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        "過去分詞"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "动词",
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          "text": "[…]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling [棄兒湯姆·瓊斯的歷史], 第 (please specify |volume=I to VI) 卷, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book v:",
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          "ref": "2008, The Guardian, Media Monkey, 4 Aug 2008:",
          "text": "Sky News fell foul of its own woolly reporting on Tuesday, when it reported \"human remains\" had been found on Saddleworth Moor. Ever keen to spin a good yarn, they immediately linked the story to moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - only for the police to emerge seven hours later and announce that, after very careful inspection, they could confirm the carcass was not human …"
        },
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          "ref": "March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, 出自 The Guardian:",
          "text": "If Chelsea were to fall foul of profit and sustainability, they would be expected to cite unforeseen circumstances, much as some clubs have claimed Covid writedowns: their books would have been sound but for the pandemic."
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          "ref": "March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, 出自 The Guardian:",
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