undermine authority
1authority — n. control power 1) to assume; delegate; demonstrate, show; establish; exercise, wield; invoke authority 2) to defy; deny, reject; undermine authority 3) absolute, complete, full, supreme, unquestioned; parental authority 4) authority for; over… …
2undermine */*/ — UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈmaɪn] / US [ˌʌndərˈmaɪn] verb [transitive] Word forms undermine : present tense I/you/we/they undermine he/she/it undermines present participle undermining past tense undermined past participle undermined 1) a) to make something or… …
3undermine — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)ma͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦♦ undermines, undermining, undermined 1) VERB If you undermine something such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure than it was before, often by a gradual process or by repeated efforts. [V n]… …
4undermine — 01. It [undermines] a teacher s authority if the principal doesn t support her in matters of discipline. 02. The West is accused of deliberately trying to [undermine] this nation s government. 03. Lowering prices now will just [undermine] our… …
5authority — noun 1 (often authorities) people with responsibility for making decisions ADJECTIVE ▪ central, district, federal, local, municipal, regional ▪ government, pu …
6undermine — verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, radically, seriously, severely, significantly ▪ His position within the government has been seriously undermined. ▪ completely, totally …
7undermine — un|der|mine [ˌʌndəˈmaın US ər ] v [T] to gradually make someone or something less strong or effective ▪ economic policies that threaten to undermine the health care system undermine sb s confidence/authority/position/credibility etc ▪ The… …
8undermine — verb (T) 1 to gradually make someone or something less strong or effective: She tried to undermine his authority at every opportunity. | economic policies that threaten to undermine the health care system 2 to gradually take away the earth from… …
9PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY — (PA, the Palestinian designation being Palestinian National Authority), semi official, self governing Palestinian body established in May 1994 in accordance with the Israel PLO Declaration of Principles (DOP) signed on September 13, 1993 on… …
10G. B. Jones (book) — G.B. Jones , edited by Steve LaFreniere, is a book of the drawings and artwork of G.B. Jones, published by a New York City gallery in 1996. The book features essays and commentaries on the work of G.B. Jones by Dennis Cooper, Kevin Killian, Dodie …