forwork — Dizionario inglese

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1. To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.

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   shoot oneself in the foot

2. To obstruct; barricade; block.

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   forslow

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   And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie.

3. To do wrong to; injure; scathe.

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   harmwound

4. To overwork; exhaust with toil.

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   burn outoverburdenoverlabouroverplyovertaxrun someone ragged

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   And toiling so, well-nigh forwrought, She prayed full fervently; […]