tie someone's hands
have one's hands tied
incapacitate
spike someone's guns
come the raw prawn
pauperize
take the bread out of someone's mouth
play someone false
eat someone's heart
abnegate
discompose
derogate
immiserate
cheek up
cheek up to
fail at life
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
trash
dastardize
bamboozle
run to waste
lower
embarrass
cheat out of
strike
unfit
extort
take the rap
acraze
stultify
mortify
come a gutser
shoot oneself in the foot
show one's butt
scuttle
misempower
weigh against
denigrate
scorn
profane
hog-tie
objectify
hamstring
illegitimatize
incur
scapegoat
hinder
self-abuse
devolve
paralyze