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View synonyms for throw a monkey wrench into
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Sabotage or frustrate a project or plans, as in The boss threw a monkey wrench into our plans when he said we'd have to work Saturday . This transfer of industrial sabotage—that is, throwing a tool inside machinery—to other subjects dates from the early 1900s.Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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