applecart

[ ap-uhl-kahrt ]

/ ˈæp əlˌkɑrt /

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noun

a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.

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Idioms about applecart

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

Words nearby applecart

apple blossom, apple box, apple brandy, apple butter, Appleby, applecart, appledrain, apple green, Apple Islander, Apple Isle, applejack

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How to use applecart in a sentence

I admire the spirit of the thing, but I don't want our little applecart upset in the sort of struggle Fyfe and Monohan may stage.
Big Timber|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Did you notice my two-column boom of young Applecart's latest book of poems?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, February 25th, 1920|Various
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
And those confounded people must go and upset the applecart.
Caesar's Wife|William Somerset Maugham

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

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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