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afoul

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a⋅foul

  [uh-foul]
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–adverb, adjective
1. in a state of collision or entanglement: a ship with its shrouds afoul.
—Idiom
2. run or come or fall afoul of,
a. to become entangled with: The boat ran afoul of the seaweed.
b. to come into conflict with: The business had fallen afoul of the new government regulations.
Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; a- 1 + foul
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