"Spiked our guns" nghĩa là gì?

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"Spike one's guns" có 'spike' là bịt nòng súng -> cụm từ này nghĩa là làm mất tác dụng, phá hỏng kế hoạch của ai hoặc ngăn (ai) đạt được thành công.

Like any good legal academic, De Vos has spiked his guns each time she’s transgressed (vi phạm), giving her the benefit of the doubt. Until now. She must go, he says. Like her former Zuptoid benefactor (nhà hảo tâm) Msholozi, the longer she stays, the more damage she’ll do to the good name of her office and our democracy.

Modi should also reckon (cho rằng, tính toán) with the reality that the United Progressive Alliance spiked his guns by mandating (yêu cầu) a growth-retarding (làm chậm lại, gia tăng chậm lại) Land Acquisition Act, which has stymied (cản trở, đặt vào tình huống khó xử) even dynamic ministers like Nitin Gadkari. The National Highways Authority of India is paying huge amounts to acquire land for highways, making both the award and execution of projects difficult and unrealistically expensive, thus extending the period required to make them self-financing.

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