applecart

[ ap-uh l-kahrt ]

/ ˈæp əlˌkɑrt /

noun

a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.

Nearby words

apple-pie, apple-pie bed, apple-pie order, apple-polish, appleby, applecart, appledrain, applejack, appleknocker, apples, apples and oranges

Idioms

upset the/someone's applecart, to ruin plans or arrangements; spoil something: He was making a fantastic profit until a competitor upset the applecart by cutting prices.

Origin of applecart

First recorded in 1780–90; apple + cart

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Examples from the Web for applecart

Without you I can't do anything but kick over the applecart for Whit Monk; and that sort of revenge is mighty unsatisfactory.
Alias The Lone Wolf|Louis Joseph Vance
And those confounded people must go and upset the applecart.
Caesar's Wife|William Somerset Maugham
To anyone who has tho slightest acquaintance with Applecart the very idea of a platform is fantastic.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, February 25th, 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for applecart

applecart

/ (ˈæpəlˌkɑːt) /

noun

a cart or barrow from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street

upset the applecart to spoil plans or arrangements

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