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2021-06-12 11:06
Kill sth stone-dead American British informal
To destroy or put a full stop at something or make something utterly unsuccessful
One bad feedback can kill her shop's reputation stone-dead.
The idea of exporting for labor had been killed stone dead during this new Covid 19 wave.
Nowadays, parents are worrying that the advance of entertaining gadgets will kill folk games stone - dead in the near future.
To interfere somebosy's plan or bussiness
To disrupt someone's plan.
To put an end to something
1. Fall in a sequence
2. Be damaged, destroyed or defeated quickly and sequentially
A terrible disaster or a catastrophe
The verb "kill" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
If someone cuts a sorry figure, he or she creates an unfavourable impression to others or causes others to regard him or her unfavourably.
Lisa cut a sorry figure at the job interview
