mettere in ginocchio — meaning in English
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English meaning
- stymie noun A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
Senses
mettere in ginocchio is used for these senses in English:
- bring someone to their knees (idiomatic) To defeat and make submit to orders.
- stymie To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
- take the wind out of someone's sails (idiomatic) To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue; to thwart or minimize someone's ambitions.
stymie — full definition
- noun A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
- noun An obstacle or obstruction.