This move is going to continue to deliver a blow to the company and its position in the industry.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
deliver a blow to sth — deliver a blow to sb/sth ► to have a damaging effect on someone or something: »This move is going to continue to deliver a blow to the company and its position in the industry. Main Entry: ↑deliver … Financial and business terms
deliver a blow to sb — deliver a blow to sb/sth ► to have a damaging effect on someone or something: »This move is going to continue to deliver a blow to the company and its position in the industry. Main Entry: ↑deliver … Financial and business terms
blow — [bləʊ ǁ bloʊ] verb blew PASTTENSE [bluː] blown PASTPART [bləʊn ǁ bloʊn] [transitive] 1. informal if you blow money on something, you spend a lot of money on it, often money that you cannot afford: • He blew his wages on a new stereo … Financial and business terms
deliver — The sale of a futures or forward contract may require the seller to deliver the commodity during the delivery month, if the short position is not offset prior to that time. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * deliver de‧liv‧er [dɪˈlɪvə ǁ ər]… … Financial and business terms
deliver — verb 1 TAKE STH SOMEWHERE (I) to take goods, letters etc to the place where they have been sent: Do you deliver on Saturdays? | deliver sth to: Could you deliver this letter to the accounts department? | have sth delivered: I m having some… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hard knock that hits sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ hard, heavy, nasty, painful, powerful, severe, sharp, stinging, violent … Collocations dictionary
deliver — de|liv|er W2S2 [dıˈlıvə US ər] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take something somewhere)¦ 2 deliver a speech/lecture/address etc 3¦(do something you should do)¦ 4¦(baby)¦ 5¦(blow/shock etc)¦ 6 deliver a judgment/verdict 7¦(person)¦ 8¦(votes)¦ 9¦(make somebody free… … Dictionary of contemporary English
deliver — verb 1 goods/letters ADVERB ▪ free of charge ▪ The company will deliver free of charge. ▪ by hand, personally ▪ The package had been delivered by hand. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
throw something away — 1 she hated throwing old clothes away: DISCARD, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, scrap, throw on the scrap heap, clear out, dump, jettison; … Useful english dictionary
