(transitive with à) to be prejudicial to, to harm, to cause harm to, to be to someone's disadvantage

(cooking) to bring to the boil

ready-to-wear clothing, off-the-rack clothing, off-the-peg clothing

(followed by "de") to vouch (for), to guarantee (the integrity or truth of something)

(transitive) to praise to the skies, to extol

plural of prêt-à-porter

(figuratively) to bear fruit, to pay off

(informal, figuratively) to wear the pants, to wear the trousers

(figuratively) to shoulder the blame, to take the blame, to take the fall, to take the rap, to carry the can

(informal) to jinx, to bring bad luck, to bring misfortune, to be unlucky