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What is another word for baffles?

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To confound or perplex someone

To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

To outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits

(beggar belief) To defy or be beyond that which can be believed

To deceive or cheat

To discourage or overwhelm

To avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill

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To confound or perplex someone

sets someone thinking

mixes up

makes someone scratch their head

boggles the mind of

causes to be at a stand

puts someone off their stroke

balks^US

baulks^UK

messes with one's head

takes by surprise

makes your head spin

stops someone in their tracks

puts out of countenance

sets someone back on their heels

puts someone off their stride

causes to lose your bearings

knocks the stuffing out of

causes someone to lose their composure

terrorizes^US

terrorises^UK

demoralizes^US

pulls the rug out from under

pulls the rug from under

demoralises^UK

knocks over with feather

appals^UK

appalls^US

paralyses^UK

paralyzes^US

fills with consternation

gives a turn

lets down

puts the wind up

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“The magician's sleight of hand thoroughly baffle the audience, leaving them in awe and confusion.”

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To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

balks^US

baulks^UK

throws a spanner in the works

throws a monkey wrench in the works of

neutralizes^US

neutralises^UK

puts a spoke in someone's wheel

throws monkey wrench in

cooks someone's goose

throws a monkey wrench in the works

throws a spoke in the wheel of

takes wind out of sails

takes the wind out of your sails

brings to screeching halt

throws a monkey wrench into

beats someone to the draw

beats someone to the punch

ostracizes^US

brings to a standstill

ostracises^UK

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“They are offered without the baffle but I prefer the baffled sound.”

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To outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits

takes to the cleaners

flams

hornswoggles

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(beggar belief) To defy or be beyond that which can be believed

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To deceive or cheat

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To discourage or overwhelm

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To avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill

balks^US

baulks^UK

slips through the net of

slips out

escapes the clutches of

leads on a merry chase

gives a wide berth to

has nothing to do with

keeps one's distance from

keeps at arm's length

gives something a miss

pays little attention to

blinks at

winks at

lets something slide

leaves something undone

slips through your fingers

keeps out of the way of

gives someone the go-by

gives the cold shoulder to

gives someone the brush-off

extricates oneself from

gets out of the way of

swerves away from

ducks out of the way of

slips through the net

stalls

gives the cold shoulder

resists the temptation to

buries one's head in sand

neutralises^UK

moves from side to side

neutralizes^US

lets well enough alone

jibs at

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