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