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spoil market

idiom
Meaning

Alternative form of spoil the market.


Examples
SIMPLE

Do not lower your prices, or you will spoil the market.

CONTEXTUAL

If you sell your goods too cheaply, you will spoil the market for other local farmers.

COMPLEX

By flooding the region with discounted inventory, the corporation managed to spoil the market for smaller, independent retailers struggling to compete.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    black market

    Trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing, or price controls.

  2. 02

    bring one's own hide to market

    To create one's own fate, as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior.

  3. 03

    corner the market

    To monopolize a resource or commodity, as with the intent of driving up prices.

  4. 04

    drug on the market

    something which is overabundant at the moment and thus not in demand.

  5. 05

    meat market

    A place where one goes for a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub.

  6. 06

    seller's market

    An excess of demand over supply, leading to abnormally high prices; a market condition favoring the seller.

  7. 07

    spoil somebody rotten

    Alternative form of spoil someone rotten.

  8. 08

    spoil someone rotten

    To overindulge someone, especially when it results in making them selfish and demanding.

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