A British slang expression meaning to ruin or derail someone's plans, hopes, or ambitions. Rooted in the image of extinguishing someone's pipe — cutting off their enjoyment or comfort. While largely archaic today, the phrase still surfaces occasionally in British writing and older drama to convey deliberate sabotage or the spoiling of another person's schemes.
He'd been plotting that takeover for months, but the audit really put his pipe out.
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(UK, slang, archaic) To scupper someone's plans.
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