rate

/reɪt/ verb [T]

Definition

JUDGE › to judge the quality or ability of someone or something: How do you rate her as a singer?

DESERVE › to deserve something: The incident didn't even rate a mention (= was not written about) in the local newspaper.

(Definition of rate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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