afoul

English - Turkish

Definition of afoul in English Turkish dictionary

takılmış

dolaşmış

dolaşmı

bir şeye takılmış

Related Terms

run afoul

ile çelişki içine girmek/düşmek

run afoul

(Denizcilik) Çarpışmak, dolaşık bir duruma düşmek

run afoul of the law

Kanunlara ters olmak, kanunla çelişki halinde olmak

English - English

Definition of afoul in English English dictionary

In a state of entanglement or conflict with

He had a knack for running afoul of the law.

especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"

In collision; entangled

If you run afoul of someone or something, you do something which causes problems with them. All of them had run afoul of the law at some time or other. = fall foul of. run afoul of sb/sth to do something that is not allowed or legal, or that is against people's beliefs

{s} entangled, in trouble with

Related Terms

afoul(ip)

especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor

run afoul

To become entangled or in conflict with

run afoul of

To become entangled in; to run aground on

run afoul of

To contravene

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run afoul

come into conflict with

run afoul

(Nautical) collide or become entangled with

Hyphenation

a·foul

Turkish pronunciation

ıfaul

Pronunciation

/əˈfoul/ /əˈfaʊl/

Etymology

[ &-'fau-l&v ] (preposition.) 1824. a- +‎ foul