(British, idiom) To spoil, break or render ineffective (a rule, plan or agreement).
(British, idiom) To spoil, break or render ineffective (a rule, plan or agreement).
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A horse that draws a coach.
(dated) Of a horse: more suited to drawing a coach than to racing.
(uncountable, historical) The operation of horse-drawn coaches, especially as a business.
(British, idiomatic) To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.
A person driving a horse-drawn coach (carriage).