5 November 2022

Hamstring: Severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of.

• It means that whatever investigation is done will be hamstrung from the start by accusations of interference and partiality, and the acrimony between the state and the PTI will continue to grow. (Dawn)

Brush over: Ignore

• "Simple, we need to be as clinical as possible. No teams are a brush over (in this tournament)," said Ashwin. (Dawn) 
• As such, expect next week's meeting to be heavy on party-to-party atmospherics and mutual praise, and to brush over the various points of contention in the bilateral relations.  (The Diplomat)