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What is another word for
throw a spanner in the works
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(
of plans made
)
To prevent or sabotage
To hinder or impede the progress of
To cause to fail
(
mess with
)
To interfere with something, especially unnecessarily or in an underhanded manner
To completely disrupt or throw into a state of disorder
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▲
Verb
▲
(
of plans made
)
To prevent or sabotage
destroy
prevent
foil
sabotage
stymie
thwart
disrupt
frustrate
subdue
suppress
put an end to
put a stop to
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
impede
subvert
inhibit
obstruct
disempower
curb
restrain
encumber
hinder
trammel
handicap
shake
destabilize
US
fetter
hamper
cumber
slow
demoralize
US
hamstring
attenuate
cramp
emasculate
sap
sandbag
drag through the mud
queer the pitch of
stand in the way of
destabilise
UK
demoralise
UK
poke full of holes
soften
undermine
put the kibosh on
clip one's wings
cramp one's style
botch
challenge
give a hard time
interfere with
quash
squash
check
crush
stop
squelch
scupper
stifle
extinguish
overcome
repress
quell
end
scotch
rout
block
dash
halt
arrest
nix
scuttle
curtail
spoil
spike
clobber
crack down on
stamp out
put paid to
snuff out
put the lid on
wipe out
get rid of
mess up
clamp down on
nip in the bud
slap down
bring to an end
shut down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hinder or impede the progress of
stay
hinder
impede
handicap
curb
restrict
inhibit
hamper
restrain
retard
encumber
detain
obstruct
decelerate
hamstring
trammel
cumber
clog
prevent
discontinue
intermit
keep back
interfere with
put a brake on
ward off
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
check
block
thwart
cramp
frustrate
stymie
foil
hold back
hold up
baulk
UK
balk
US
fetter
hobble
baffle
delay
stop
slow down
hog-tie
shackle
cripple
embarrass
handcuff
bar
hang up
short-circuit
tie up
constrain
manacle
crimp
stall
slow
oppose
set back
get in the way of
get in the way
arrest
scupper
brake
interrupt
bridle
halt
disrupt
derail
choke
deter
bork
crab
interfere
shut down
close off
shut off
cramp one's style
choke off
stand in the way of
defeat
scotch
postpone
retardate
repress
snooker
defer
forestall
curtail
discomfit
tie
prohibit
stonewall
confine
remit
slow up
debar
shelve
faze
entangle
inconvenience
bog down
bind
put back
bring to screeching halt
foul up
screw up
put paid to
back off
be a hindrance to
take down
cut off
slacken
lessen
mire
bog
leash
debilitate
weigh down
drag your feet
tie one's hands
let up
stifle
suppress
limit
smother
confound
spoil
puzzle
reduce
straiten
avert
nonplus
catch
interdict
upset
ensnare
enmesh
net
capture
mystify
forbid
stump
snag
outlaw
flummox
tether
sandbag
enjoin
hem in
ward
pigeonhole
corner
withhold
pause
protract
put on brakes
hold in
hold down
rein in
stem the flow of
keep in
put on hold
dead-end
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
give the run around
hold off
put the kibosh on
hang fire
prorogue
bottleneck
muzzle
burden
neutralize
US
put off
stave off
make late
hold
hold off on
prolong
hold over
box in
contravene
queer someone's pitch
shut out
throw a spoke in the wheel of
neutralise
UK
resist
counteract
louse up
circumvent
counter
dash
beat
smash
outwit
nullify
disappoint
checkmate
nobble
queer
bilk
root
freeze
rattle
dam
traverse
put a spoke in someone's wheel
halt in its tracks
throw monkey wrench in
upset the applecart
give the slip
throw a monkey wrench in the works
mess up
put the mockers on
nip in the bud
do for
give a hard time
saddle with
chain
disconcert
affect
disturb
suspend
tamper
influence
confuse
jam
incommode
conflict
trouble
discommode
control
contain
diminish
stem
put an end to
moderate
regulate
avoid
defend against
head off
decrease
staunch
keep
disadvantage
evade
preclude
circumnavigate
sidestep
skirt
put the brakes on
lose speed
hit the brakes
steer clear of
keep lid on
put a stop to
stunt
sabotage
keep waiting
muffle
embog
overload
stanch
impair
govern
tame
oppress
keep under control
constrict
cut back
dissuade from
fight back
keep in check
subdue
choke back
bring to a standstill
keep a lid on
bite back
put at a disadvantage
place at a disadvantage
reduce speed
ease up
slam on the anchors
straitjacket
sidetrack
weaken
cause to wait
cause to stay
cool
circumscribe
stand off
peter out
prevent from making progress
temper
sideline
charge
bother
get bogged down
deliver a blow to
set limits on
impose limits on
get out of
strangle
throttle
screen
obscure
lag
abate
rein
complicate
escape
bypass
peg
discipline
gag
put on the brakes
slam on the brakes
cut short
terminate
squelch
swallow
measure
rule
entrammel
quiet
loiter
qualify
procrastinate
reef
give disadvantage
take out
overturn
put out of commission
make difficult
deflect
put a limit on
repulse
discourage
rebuff
bottle up
monkey with
back-water
lose steam
cut down
wind down
anchor it
wreck
put the stopper on
ditch
take wind out of
crash
ruin
juke
unsettle
cool down
keep within bounds
cool off
wrong
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
button up
keep the lid on
pull in
slacken pace
let down flaps
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
treat harshly
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
soften
play for time
forfend
withstand
intercept
dampen
obviate
stave
anticipate
dull
cushion
slack
rule out
keep at bay
turn aside
fend off
keep off
damp
depress
absorb
go slower
buffer
become slower
lose pace
lessen one's speed
slack up
slacken off
blanket
load
plug
make slower
get slower
reduce in speed
deaden
saddle
lumber
stuff
tone down
occlude
weight
close
damp down
laden
congest
lade
stopper
overburden
fill
bung
clot
tax
freight
strain
obturate
overwhelm
overtax
stop up
clog up
dam up
gunge up
plug up
fill up
silt up
gum up
bung up
stress
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to fail
sink
destroy
ruin
wreck
blast
blight
dash
demolish
devastate
scotch
scupper
shatter
smash
torpedo
banjax
dish
finish
nix
sabotage
cruel
defeat
euchre
overwhelm
be the ruination of
do for
put an end to
wreak havoc on
put paid to
blow a hole in
bring to naught
put the kibosh on
put the skids under
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
spoil
mar
crush
undo
frustrate
queer
stymie
quash
mess up
make a mess of
foul up
screw up
play havoc with
louse up
injure
impair
annihilate
disrupt
end
quell
prevent
blow
crool
do in
bring to an end
put the lid on
make a hash of
put a stop to
damage
disfigure
trash
scar
taint
stain
afflict
nullify
decay
put a damper on
glitch up
thwart
foil
harm
upset
cripple
undermine
break
topple
hinder
subvert
neutralize
US
overthrow
vitiate
hamper
decimate
raze
obliterate
wrack
botch
obstruct
squelch
eradicate
unbuild
skin
crimp
cramp
impoverish
craze
balls up
work against
put at risk
neutralise
UK
rain on someone's parade
render ineffective
cancel out
bring down
muck up
deface
hurt
mangle
compromise
ravage
blemish
bungle
tarnish
total
flaw
flub
muff
endamage
fluff
fumble
weaken
desecrate
mutilate
crab
bobble
goof up
defile
disable
desolate
mishandle
mismanage
bodge
cross up
vandalize
US
maim
bloody
despoil
butcher
vandalise
UK
foozle
waste
threaten
muddle
pulverize
US
extinguish
wipe out
make a muck of
make a Horlicks of
nuke
blunder
disfeature
pulverise
UK
vaporize
US
misdirect
bring to ruin
debilitate
sully
diminish
bumble
destabilize
US
bollix
poison
vaporise
UK
corrode
boggle
tear down
confuse
dub
ruinate
incapacitate
corrupt
murder
rub out
boot
misconduct
misgovern
jumble
wound
destabilise
UK
bruise
deform
jeopardize
US
cream
scathe
bollix up
batter
debase
blot
dilapidate
scratch
reduce
mix up
interfere with
prejudice
gut
distort
unsettle
dismantle
jeopardise
UK
sap
shake up
wrench
be detrimental to
foul
hash
confound
cause detriment to
impede
make a nonsense of
disturb
block
enfeeble
annul
disorder
disarrange
stop
disorganize
kill
abuse
pollute
overturn
ravish
dent
muller
bust
rough up
err
scuttle
scorch
blow up
shock
pull down
maladminister
smash up
smirch
lay waste
fail
misrule
deplete
mess
overlook
throw
derail
detract from
reduce to nothing
clean out
lay in ruins
manage badly
make a mistake
do something badly
muddle up
gum up
stuff up
make a pig's ear of
interrupt
terminate
attack
dispatch
traumatize
US
molest
eliminate
abolish
suppress
abort
deteriorate
break down
break up
endanger
violate
warp
negate
intrude on
depress
devitalize
enervate
imperil
disempower
bankrupt
traumatise
UK
annoy
bend
bring about the downfall of
inconvenience
wither
nick
besmirch
hash up
ding
tweak
misuse
clobber
twist
flatten
detract
reduce to ruins
worsen
invalidate
blow to bits
blow to pieces
level
scourge
take out
contort
be a blot on the landscape
misshape
handle roughly
lay waste to
cost
prohibit
uglify
do harm to
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
halt
cease
counteract
botch up
make a dog's dinner of
nip in the bud
make of no use or value
dump on
do mischief to
knock down
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
put out of commission
be deleterious to
sour
color
US
colour
UK
bring to nothing
explode
pauperize
lame
strike at the foundations
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
wreak havoc upon
leave desolate
blunt
minimize
US
undercut
lessen
minimise
UK
burst
leave in ruins
reduce to rubble
pop
be the end of
sweep aside
goof
result in damage to
lead to the end of
rattle
liquidate
pervert
misemploy
prostitute
jack up
chip away
handicap
miscalculate
stumble
mangulate
flounder
torpefy
make destitute
drain
bleed dry
knacker
misjudge
wrack up
crack
lacerate
maltreat
infect
split
rot
burn
disintegrate
tear
dirty
knock
discolour
UK
gnaw
wrong
rust
discolor
US
dislimb
disarm
be incompetent
wreak havoc with
miscompute
misapply
mend
misconstrue
bring to nought
bleach
contaminate
fade
stab
pique
pain
wax
wear away
bang up
tamper with
overshadow
hack up
discompose
draw blood
do damage to
pillage
make lame
plunder
bring a note of sadness to
cast gloom over
cast a gloom upon
play merry hell with
sack
dishevel
disarray
fall down
make a botch of
do clumsily
pull a boner
muss
drive a nail into the coffin of
deliver a blow to
depredate
tousle
rumple
spoliate
shuffle
dislocate
scramble
disjoint
tumble
ruffle
squash
rummage
shake
turn topsy-turvy
throw out
throw into chaos
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
displace
interfere
misplace
take apart
derange
make useless
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
mess with
)
To interfere with something, especially unnecessarily or in an underhanded manner
mess
interfere
meddle
intervene
tamper
intermeddle
muck about
muck around
encroach on
poke your nose in
stick your oar in
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
mess with
intrude
pry
obtrude
nose
interlope
snoop
poke
butt in
stick your nose in
interpose
encroach
busybody
meddle in
enquire
UK
inquire
US
horn in
barge in
infringe
be a busybody
put your two cents in
impose
be nosy about
nose into
mix in
interfere in
intrude on
interrupt
invade
trespass
kibitz
bother
encumber
stickybeak
intercede
peek
nosy
mouse
be inquisitive
muscle in
sidewalk-superintend
be curious
worm in
step in
enquire impertinently
poke around
fool with
crash the gates
push in
poke about
dabble in
chime in
come uninvited
mess around
be nosy
break in on
impose oneself on
inquire impertinently
mind someone else's business
horn in on
poke one's nose into
molest
bug
examine
inspect
poke into
interject
nose around
disturb
pester
cut in
break in
chisel in
intermediate
gatecrash
burst in
butt into
muscle in on
pry into
intercede in
kibitz on
entrench on
get involved
barge into
get involved in
impinge on
intervene in
intrude into
tamper with
peer
spy
peep
be inquisitive about
stick one's nose into
interfere with
meddle with
do some detective work
gossip
thrust oneself
stir the pot
put your oar in
chip in
impinge
entrench
crash
involve oneself
make inroads
insinuate oneself
work in
interpolate
cut off
move in
put in one's oar
interpose oneself
put in two cents
come between
be drawn in
join in
overstep
infiltrate
creep
worm
inch
disrupt
trench
violate
usurp
appropriate
arrogate
elbow in
impose oneself
tread on someone's toes
make inroads into
step on someone's toes
eat into
squeeze in
invade someone's space
heckle
put in
cut in on
have one's say
break train of thought
put one's oar in
chip in on
butt in on
edge in
chime in on
bust in
crowd in
inject oneself
barge in on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To completely disrupt or throw into a state of disorder
play havoc with
disrupt
disorder
disarrange
disorganize
disturb
upset
derange
unsettle
mess up
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
turn upside down
throw into disarray
interfere with
make a mess of
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
screw up
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
foul up
louse up
make a hash of
confuse
jumble
discompose
muddle
disarray
dishevel
muss
rumple
shuffle
tousle
dislocate
scramble
shake
convulse
disjoint
rummage
mix up
rattle one's cage
stop
rattle
hash
intrude on
discombobulate
break up
psych out
upset the applecart
cut short
tumble
agitate
spoil
muddy the waters
mess with
throw
bollix
muck up
clutter
ruffle
confound
muss up
scatter
make untidy
perturb
mess
tangle
mix
turn topsy-turvy
make a shambles of
jumble up
complicate
displace
entangle
snarl
get out of order
snarl up
toss
unbalance
put out of order
get into a tangle
destabilize
US
wreck
embroil
discreate
untidy
rearrange
interfere
change
derail
muddy
ravel
muck
throw into chaos
muddle up
reorder
bungle
botch
destabilise
UK
put out of place
bring into disorder
ruin
distemper
riffle
misplace
throw out
bother
tamper
distort
meddle
play the devil
play hob with
overturn
bring into disarray
throw into a state of disorganization
mistake
discommode
strew
intermix
misarrange
shift
reorganize
US
foul
snafu
muff
fumble
blunder
disperse
knock off balance
mingle
perplex
reorganise
UK
transpose
put in disarray
turn
reverse
tilt
slosh
slop
subvert
make disorderly
throw off
stir up
break down
shift about
change the order
break the deck
throw into uproar
turn inside-out
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