applecart

[ap-uh l-kahrt]

noun

a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.

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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Historical Examples of applecart

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
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

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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