Alcohol can undermine your goal of a bikini-ready body in several ways:

But more important, several officials said, the episode also undermined the Administration's fundamental goal -renewed financing for the contras.

Their differences of opinion lead to frequent arguments that threaten to undermine their mutual goal.

To do so would only undermine our goal of appealing to youth.

Mr. Lynn said reviving the sale of used cars undermines the administration's goal of eventually having all new cabs on the city's streets.

To many critics, the general problem is that the current (international) copyright system undermines its own goal.

Trying to push their drugs would undermine their primary goal of being recognized as a drug company that cares about the health of older people.

But Justice Breyer objected that this reasoning would undermine the government's goal of limiting business method patents.

Certainly by withholding its most-favored-nation status, America could hurt China's economy, but it would undermine our long-run goal for at least two reasons.

If the Baby Bells had been allowed to overcharge for these services, they could have undermined Congress's goal of more local competition.