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upset the applecart

verb

Definitions

  1. To disorganize or spoil something, especially an established arrangement or plan.

    • “There are three reasons,” Trent answered. “First, he may find his way to England and upset the applecart; […]”
    • She told me herself just now that the worst was over. And those confounded people must go and upset the applecart.
    • Last week the Senate Banking Committee upset the carefully stacked apple cart when it voted 10 to 5 not to approve the Administration's bill.

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