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jmdict 2836510 Active (id: 1986444)
出鼻を折る；出端を折る
【でばなをおる；ではなをおる】

[exp,v5r] [rare]
▶ to spoil someone's start
▶ to kill someone's enthusiasm
▶ to take the wind out of someone's sails

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 2684060 出鼻をくじく 1. to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

Conjugations

History:

2.	A 2018-08-25 00:20:57 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	出鼻を折る 21
	Comments:	Barely on the radar.
	Diff:	@@ -19,0 +20 @@ +<misc>&obsc;</misc>
1.	A* 2018-08-23 11:01:16 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijr/s
	Comments:	Only 出端 in the refs, but as with 出鼻をくじく, 出鼻 is more common. Daijr has でばな, daijs has ではな.

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