<span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">puts</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span>, present participle putting <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span>, simple...
Something that disrupts smooth operation or functioning. Synonym: (US) monkey wrench <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span>...
throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> into <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> (third-person singular simple present throws <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span>, present participle throwing...
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works throw a <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> wrench <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> “<span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> spoke <span class="searchmatch">in</span> wheel”, <span class="searchmatch">in</span> OneLook Dictionary Search. “<span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> spoke <span class="searchmatch">in</span> wheel”, <span class="searchmatch">in</span> Cambridge...
des croupières to <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> spoke <span class="searchmatch">in</span> (someone's) wheel, to throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> of, to throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> wrench <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> of [with <span class="searchmatch">à</span> ‘someone’] mettre des...
pickle <span class="searchmatch">put</span> around <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> shift <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">put</span> aside <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> sock <span class="searchmatch">in</span> it <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> spoke <span class="searchmatch">in</span> someone's wheel <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> stopper to <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> stop to <span class="searchmatch">put</span> asunder...
roues (figurative) to <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> spoke <span class="searchmatch">in</span> (someone's) wheel, to throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span>/throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> wrench <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> of [with <span class="searchmatch">à</span> ‘someone’] see mettre tailler...
IPA(key): [tʰawk͡p̚˨˩˨ ɣəj˨˩˨ ʔɓan˦˥ sɛ˧˧] thọc gậy bánh xe (intransitive, idiomatic) to <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> spoke <span class="searchmatch">in</span> someone's wheel; to throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span>...
ant into <span class="searchmatch">a</span> sty throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">spanner</span> into <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> throw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> wrench into <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">works</span> throw into <span class="searchmatch">a</span> cocked hat throw oneself into throw one's hat into <span class="searchmatch">the</span> ring tie...