scupper vs stop someone's clock

scupper

verb
  • Thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another. 

noun
  • A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof. 

  • A drainage hole on the deck of a ship. 

stop someone's clock

verb
  • To kill someone. 

  • To clean someone's clock; to make incapable of action; to thwart. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, clock. 

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