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Meaning of spoil the market | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To set higher standards by overachieving, so others look inferior or unmotivated in comparison.

Singapore, idiomatic, informal

Examples

“Instead of working with each other, they bicker and say things like, if you do that, you’ll spoil the market.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar spoil'd spoiled spoiled somebody rotten spoiled someone rotten spoiled the market