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Definition of afoul in English: afouladverb əˈfaʊləˈfaʊl North American Into conflict or difficulty with. 〈北美〉卷入冲突地,卷入纠缠地 Example sentencesExamples - This, however, soon runs him afoul of Frankie who as you might have guessed is a blonde.
- They objected to the religious laxity of the sultan and ran afoul with him.
- But when a talent show prank goes afoul, tempers flare.
- Ironically for someone who is supposed to be a champion of clean politics, he has fallen afoul of the very rules that were introduced to stamp out political corruption.
- Although as the final paragraph says, the group may have still fallen afoul of the law by not putting complete addresses on some of the pamphlets.
- We have fallen afoul of censorware companies before, but they've always been able to remove us from their blacklist in a few minutes.
- Still, she ultimately wants to prevent the debilitating financial judgments against employers who were acting in good faith but unwittingly went afoul of the law.
- But opposition figures reiterated the pro-democracy positions that first ran them afoul of the government ahead of the trip.
- Moreover, there is this tiny but significant possibility that all this is driven by nothing else but my desire to run constantly afoul of my middle class upbringing.
- You could run afoul with your business partner though you had planned on being friends or married for life or someone might want out, even though there's no exit plan.
- But globalization has also fallen afoul of a younger group of critics.
- Well tonight, something has gone afoul with a fowl.
- In the midst of the public outcry about the team's expenditures and eccentricities, Joe stepped afoul of the law.
- I don't know if that was the problem or if something else went afoul.
- Falling for a fellow teacher runs him afoul of the principal, who has designs on the woman.
- Finally, the plants must respect the factors that are always present or that may run them afoul of the local jurisdiction.
- Running afoul of the regime, he was forced to seek asylum in a neighbouring country.
- Run afoul of such a policy, and you risk not only being fired, but losing control of your business.
- However, something is afoul in the city that never sleeps.
- The treatment of social issues in her films, including several documentaries, has run her afoul of the government.
Rhymesbefoul, cowl, foul, fowl, growl, howl, jowl, owl, prowl, Rabaul, scowl, yowl Definition of afoul in US English: afouladverbəˈfaʊləˈfoul North American Into conflict or difficulty with. 〈北美〉卷入冲突地,卷入纠缠地 Example sentencesExamples - However, something is afoul in the city that never sleeps.
- Well tonight, something has gone afoul with a fowl.
- I don't know if that was the problem or if something else went afoul.
- Although as the final paragraph says, the group may have still fallen afoul of the law by not putting complete addresses on some of the pamphlets.
- Running afoul of the regime, he was forced to seek asylum in a neighbouring country.
- Falling for a fellow teacher runs him afoul of the principal, who has designs on the woman.
- Moreover, there is this tiny but significant possibility that all this is driven by nothing else but my desire to run constantly afoul of my middle class upbringing.
- Still, she ultimately wants to prevent the debilitating financial judgments against employers who were acting in good faith but unwittingly went afoul of the law.
- The treatment of social issues in her films, including several documentaries, has run her afoul of the government.
- They objected to the religious laxity of the sultan and ran afoul with him.
- But globalization has also fallen afoul of a younger group of critics.
- In the midst of the public outcry about the team's expenditures and eccentricities, Joe stepped afoul of the law.
- We have fallen afoul of censorware companies before, but they've always been able to remove us from their blacklist in a few minutes.
- But when a talent show prank goes afoul, tempers flare.
- You could run afoul with your business partner though you had planned on being friends or married for life or someone might want out, even though there's no exit plan.
- Run afoul of such a policy, and you risk not only being fired, but losing control of your business.
- Finally, the plants must respect the factors that are always present or that may run them afoul of the local jurisdiction.
- This, however, soon runs him afoul of Frankie who as you might have guessed is a blonde.
- Ironically for someone who is supposed to be a champion of clean politics, he has fallen afoul of the very rules that were introduced to stamp out political corruption.
- But opposition figures reiterated the pro-democracy positions that first ran them afoul of the government ahead of the trip.
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