Foil
Foil verb - To prevent from achieving a goal.
Help
Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment
How words are described
| good | good foil | good help |
| female | female foil | female help |
| nice | nice foil | nice help |
| best | best foil | best help |
| Other adjectives: better, direct, big, great, serious, new, useful, possible, additional, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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She then rewinds back time and with their lessons learned, help the Planeteers foil Skumm's plans.
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The ending shows Citizen Brown wanting to foil Marty's plans in order to help Edna.
- He proceeds to spell out his Evil Plan, and Smoker learns that the Straw Hats are only there to help the country's princess foil the plan.
Source: Locked in a Room
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