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: January 7, 2025
\bih-LEE-gur\ verb
What It Means
To beleaguer a person, business, etc. is to cause them constant or repeated trouble. Beleaguer is also sometimes used as a synonym of besiege.
// The coach, beleaguered by the media and fans for his poor decision-making during games, has been fired.
// The novel is set in a city beleaguered by military forces.
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