FOIL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you foil someone's plan or attempt to do something, for example to commit a crime, you succeed in stopping them from doing what they want A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery by grabbing the thief's shotgun
Foiled - definition of foiled by The Free Dictionary 1 To prevent from being successful; thwart: The alarm system foiled the thieves' robbery attempt 2 To obscure or confuse (a trail or scent) so as to evade pursuers
Foil Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary FOIL meaning: 1 : to prevent (someone) from doing something or achieving a goal defeat often used as (be) foiled; 2 : to prevent (something) from happening or being successful
FOILED Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com adjective prevented from succeeding; thwarted; blocked A woman is now being questioned in connection with the foiled terror plot to attack churches in Paris