scale

/skeɪl/ v [T] (CLIMB)

Definition

› to climb up something steep, such as a cliff or wall: He scaled a steep cliff beside the river.

(Definition of scale v (CLIMB) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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