snuff

/snʌf/ verb

Translation

snuff sth out phrasal verb

END informal › to suddenly end something

aniden sona erdirmek, beklenmedik bir anda bitirmek

England's chances were snuffed out by three brilliant goals from the Italians.1555

FLAME › to stop a candle flame from burning by covering it or pressing it with your fingers

mum ışığını söndürmek

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(Definition of snuff verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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