deal a blow
Example Sentences
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The logic of the movement, such as it is, is that users will deal a blow to the stars’ ad revenue and royalties, and thereby pressure them to change their minds and actions.
From Slate • May 16, 2024
In Monday's interview, Butler recalled a number of specifics that could deal a blow to the defendants, including details of his unknowing involvement with the movement of classified documents and close-knit friendship with De Oliveira.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024
The uncertainty over his whereabouts was another sign of Sudan’s descent into lawlessness and could deal a blow to the receding hopes of bringing democratic rule to the country.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
It’s also true that removing him from government will deal a blow to the city, the region and the communities he represented.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2023
Perhaps the English phrase to "deal a blow," to "lend a blow," is the nearest approximation to this curious idiom.
From Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes by Buckley, Theodore Alois
