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Plural for any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae

Plural for a person who behaves in an offensive manner

Plural for a drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect

Plural for a person or thing intended to deceive others by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities

Plural for one who informs someone, especially the authorities, about something

(informal) To comprehensively defeat

(informal) To be victorious over

To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

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Plural for any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae

“No way will he worry about trying to eat a smelly skunk and a crusty old painted turtle.”

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Plural for a person who behaves in an offensive manner

jailbirds^US

gaolbirds^UK

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“I was a skunk before I met you, Cassandra, a dirty rotten skunk.”

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Plural for a drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect

gauges^UK

gages^US

Noun

Plural for a person or thing intended to deceive others by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities

Noun

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Plural for one who informs someone, especially the authorities, about something

Verb

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(informal) To comprehensively defeat

pulverizes^US

takes to the cleaners

pulverises^UK

gives someone a drubbing

takes

prevails over

wins against

brings someone to their knees

overbears

gets around

blows out of the water

subjugates

does down

wins a resounding victory over

walks all over

overthrows

quells

gives someone a hiding

slams

quashes

gives someone a pasting

pummels^US

knocks the stuffing out of

gains the advantage over

puts someone in their place

throws back in confusion

gains ascendancy over

gains the upper hand over

gets the upper hand over

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“After that, we went to play a round of pool so that I could redeem myself, and we both thought for a bit that I was going to skunk him.”

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(informal) To be victorious over

“I bet you could skunk him at cribbage.”

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To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

victimises^UK

victimizes^US

takes to the cleaners

sells a bill of goods to

leads up the garden path

screws over

gives someone a bum steer

sells a bill of goods

has on

sets up

does out of

does someone in the eye

balks^US

baulks^UK

leads down the garden path

sucks the life out of

fakes out

sucks in

tears from

bleeds someone of something

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

puts on the wrong track

throws off the scent

hooks

maneuvers^US

manoeuvres^UK

sends on a wild goose chase

gives wrong information to

gives the wrong impression

hocus-pocuses

puts someone up to something

slips something over on

makes use of

plays fast and loose with

pulls something funny

sends on a wild-goose chase

twists around your little finger

terrorizes^US

makes somebody look an idiot

makes a monkey out of

terrorises^UK

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“I did not ask at the time, but now it seems like they may have been trying to skunk me.”

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