Definition of "baulked" [baulked]

• Simple past tense and past participle of baulk. (verb)

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• "Orson Welles was a child prodigy, too, and of course he developed a sort of monomania which kind of baulked his career."
• "It has been claimed that Spurs "baulked" at Coventry City's asking fee but the Sky Blues chairman insists he didn't quote any figures during the late bid to sign the"
• "It has been claimed that Spurs "baulked" at Coventry City's asking fee but the Sky Blues chairman insists he didn't quote any figures during the late bid to sign the 25-year-old Irish international after Harry Redknapp's attempts to get Portsmouth's Asmir Begovic fell flat."