"throw a spanner into the works" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: throws a spanner into the works [present, singular, third-person], throwing a spanner into the works [participle, present], threw a spanner into the works [past], thrown a spanner into the works [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> a spanner into the works}} throw a spanner into the works (third-person singular simple present throws a spanner into the works, present participle throwing a spanner into the works, simple past threw a spanner into the works, past participle thrown a spanner into the works)
  1. Alternative form of throw a spanner in the works. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: throw a spanner in the works
    Sense id: en-throw_a_spanner_into_the_works-en-verb-xRvHtsL6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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