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spanner in the works

noun

Definitions

  1. Something that disrupts smooth operation or functioning.

    • The kids' involvement was unfortunately more of a spanner in the works than a helpful contribution toward Daddy's progress on the task, but he gamely pretended to be thankful anyway.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spanner in the works. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA