monkey wrench Idiom, Proverb
monkey wrenching
trying to ruin a project, sabotaging, throw a monkey wrench into... The members of Green Peace were accused of monkey wrenching the whale hunt. They tried to stop it.
throw a monkey wrench into
cause something that is going smoothly to stop He threw a monkey wrench into our plans to go to the lake for the summer.
throw a monkey wrench into the works
wreck a project, monkey wrenching, piss in the pickles The report that coffee causes cancer threw a monkey wrench into our plans to import coffee.
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v. phr.,
informal To cause something that is going smoothly to stop.
The game was going smoothly until you threw a monkey wrench into the works by fussing about the rules. The Michigan tacklers threw a wrench into the Wisconsin team's offense. He hoped to see the class plan fail and looked for a chance to throw a wrench in the machinery.
monkey wrench
monkey wrench 1.
throw a monkey wrench into â
Informal to disrupt the orderly functioning or realization of
2.
throw a monkey wrench into â
Informal to disrupt the orderly functioning or realization of
monkey wrench
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