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threw a spanner in the works
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(
of plans made
)
Past tense for to prevent or sabotage
Past tense for to hinder or impede the progress of
Past tense for to cause to fail
(
mess with
)
Past tense for to interfere with something, especially unnecessarily or in an underhanded manner
Past tense for to completely disrupt or throw into a state of disorder
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Verb
▲
(
of plans made
)
Past tense for to prevent or sabotage
destroyed
prevented
foiled
sabotaged
stymied
thwarted
disrupted
frustrated
subdued
suppressed
put an end to
put a stop to
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
put the kibosh on
ruined
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
marred
shattered
devastated
scotched
wrecked
crushed
demolished
scuppered
put paid to
put the lid on
undid
queered
quashed
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messed up
loused up
screwed up
made a mess of
played havoc with
blew a hole in
brought to naught
injured
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upset
dashed
banjaxed
nixed
dished
ended
quelled
cruelled
blew
euchred
blighted
did in
put a damper on
put at risk
brought to an end
made a hash of
damaged
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trashed
scarred
tainted
stained
afflicted
nullified
decayed
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smashed
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broke
brake
toppled
hindered
subverted
overthrew
neutralized
US
vitiated
decimated
hampered
razed
obliterated
defeated
wracked
botched
obstructed
unbuilt
eradicated
squelched
skinned
cramped
impoverished
crimped
crazed
neutralised
UK
did for
brought down
mucked up
canceled out
cancelled out
rendered ineffective
ballsed up
worked against
rained on someone's parade
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to hinder or impede the progress of
stayed
hindered
impeded
handicapped
curbed
restricted
inhibited
hampered
restrained
retarded
encumbered
detained
obstructed
decelerated
hamstrung
hamstringed
trammelled
trammeled
cumbered
clogged
prevented
discontinued
intermitted
kept back
interfered with
put a brake on
warded off
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
checked
thwarted
frustrated
cramped
blocked
stymied
foiled
fettered
held back
held up
baulked
UK
balked
US
set back
hobbled
baffled
delayed
stopped
slowed down
hog-tied
shackled
crippled
embarrassed
handcuffed
barred
shut down
hung up
shut off
short-circuited
tied up
constrained
slowed
manacled
crimped
stalled
disrupted
opposed
put back
cramped one's style
put paid to
got in the way of
cut off
stood in the way of
got in the way
put the kibosh on
arrested
scuppered
brake
braked
interrupted
bridled
halted
derailed
choked
deterred
borked
crabbed
interfered
closed off
choked off
defeated
scotched
postponed
beat
retardated
repressed
snookered
deferred
forestalled
curtailed
discomfited
tied
prohibited
upset
stonewalled
confined
remitted
forbid
slowed up
debarred
shelved
sandbagged
fazed
entangled
inconvenienced
bogged down
bound
put on hold
put off
put a spoke in someone's wheel
gave a hard time
brought to screeching halt
backed off
screwed up
put on back burner
upset the applecart
let up
put on brakes
shut out
put the mockers on
took down
fouled up
slackened
lessened
mired
bogged
stifled
suppressed
leashed
debilitated
weighed down
dragged your feet
tied one's hands
confounded
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
smothered
puzzled
limited
nonplussed
mystified
reduced
stumped
averted
flummoxed
interdicted
forbade
outlawed
cornered
pigeonholed
gave the run around
held off
dead-ended
hung fire
threw a monkey wrench into
straitened
enjoined
caught
warded
stemmed the flow of
reined in
kept in
held in
held down
protracted
withheld
paused
netted
ensnared
captured
enmeshed
snagged
tethered
bottlenecked
prorogued
hemmed in
circumvented
muzzled
neutralized
US
burdened
staved off
held
made late
prolonged
stove off
held over
held off on
contravened
loused up
counteracted
neutralised
UK
resisted
threw a spoke in the wheel of
boxed in
countered
dashed
smashed
outwitted
disappointed
nullified
checkmated
nobbled
queered
bilked
dammed
rattled
froze
rooted
traversed
messed up
nipped in the bud
threw monkey wrench in
did for
gave the slip
threw a monkey wrench in the works
halted in its tracks
disconcerted
saddled with
chained
subverted
sabotaged
disempowered
disturbed
affected
suspended
tampered
influenced
confused
discommoded
conflicted
jammed
incommoded
troubled
destabilized
US
shook
attenuated
demoralized
US
sapped
emasculated
botched
queered the pitch of
dragged through the mud
softened
clipped one's wings
undermined
poked full of holes
destabilised
UK
challenged
demoralised
UK
forbidden
thrown a spanner in the works
controlled
put a stop to
contained
regulated
put an end to
cut back
precluded
put the brakes on
governed
kept
holden
tamed
headed off
ruined
avoided
gotten in the way
stemmed
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
ruled out
constricted
defended against
moderated
withholden
gotten in the way of
measured
decreased
cut short
subdued
put the lid on
tied down
pulled in
set
bottled up
choked back
put at a disadvantage
kept in check
fought back
intercepted
put the stopper on
put a limit on
offset
impaired
forfended
circumscribed
diminished
delimited
kept lid on
cut down
disadvantaged
tempered
throttled
pegged
capped
negated
evaded
ruled
excluded
kept under control
frozen
circumnavigated
obviated
skirted
sidestepped
fended off
steered clear of
kept within bounds
kept a tight rein on
kept the lid on
banned
weakened
muffled
staunched
swallowed
cut
denied
terminated
beaten
fixed
fixt
entrammeled
entrammelled
discouraged
ceased
disallowed
proscribed
barricaded
refused
obscured
closed
stunted
overturned
blockaded
occluded
bounden
put on ice
put straitjacket on
put out of commission
dissuaded from
put a lid on
kept waiting
quashed
estopped
quieted
gagged
stultified
closed out
kept a lid on
deflected
placed at a disadvantage
put a crimp in
shut in
quit
bucked
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
offsetted
annulled
jammed up
blocked up
stopped up
bunged up
corked up
corked
given a hard time
buttoned up
put a damper on
poured cold water on
put the brakes on
put down
hit the brakes
put in an unfavourable position
put half nelson on
let down flaps
put a restriction on
shut out of
done for
bitten back
bit back
taken down
retained
devitalized
reined
crushed
squelched
overcome
deflated
screened
overloaded
sidelined
complicated
shaken
repulsed
rebuffed
banjaxed
depressed
damped
charged
oppressed
bothered
demarcated
licked
laid off
strangled
tied someone's hands
sidetracked
shortened
plugged
trimmed
ended
caused to stay
caused to wait
disciplined
truncated
setted limits on
imposed limits on
straitjacketed
escaped
bypassed
bounded
abridged
abbreviated
slackened pace
sealed
caulked
shrunk
indisposed
diverted
excepted
blackballed
eliminated
contracted
petered out
stood off
disqualified
suffocated
docked
refused to pay
monkeyed with
clipped
clipt
vetoed
brought to a standstill
filled
blocked out
closed up
clogged up
filled up
ostracized
US
rejected
slashed
given the run around
clotted
downsized
constipated
dashed one's hope
cropped
ostracised
UK
exiled
abated
packed
stanched
lagged
choked up
made difficult
played for time
brought to a stop
brought to an end
lopped
lopt
demarked
specified
prescribed
chopped
wronged
elided
damped down
quitted
wrecked
juked
ditched
crashed
unsettled
cooled down
cooled off
delimitated
girdled
defined
loitered
qualified
reefed
embogged
procrastinated
bunged
blocked off
syncopated
brought to a halt
retrenched
tabooed
embargoed
strangulated
anticipated
staved
stove
kept tight rein on
turned off
picked off
made it impracticable for
made impossible
made it impossible for
congested
stoppered
plugged up
bottled
minified
criminalized
US
treated harshly
held in check
placed a limit on
threw cold water on
thrown cold water on
counted out
prevented from making progress
pared down
lost speed
made impracticable
rolled back
slimmed down
kept off
wound down
mothballed
kept within limits
kept within the limits of
killed
turned aside
lost steam
narrowed down
nixed
kept at bay
immobilized
US
told against
zinged
forefended
tightened up
treated unfavourably
inflicted a handicap on
made illegal
criminalised
UK
got bogged down
stamped out
boiled down
marked off
immobilised
UK
clamped down on
reined back
cracked down on
spiked
placed an embargo on
kept down
locked up
treated unfairly
overcame
lay off
gotten out of
got out of
shrank
shrunken
took out
gave disadvantage
given disadvantage
taken out
stuffed
thrown monkey wrench in
thrown a monkey wrench into
overrode
overridden
taken wind out of
took wind out of
froze out
frozen out
anchored it
thrown a spoke in the wheel of
drawn the line on
drew the line on
taken out of play
took out of play
broke off
broken off
done a disservice to
did a disservice to
gave a disadvantage to
given a disadvantage to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to cause to fail
sank
destroyed
ruined
wrecked
blasted
blighted
dashed
demolished
devastated
scotched
scuppered
shattered
smashed
torpedoed
banjaxed
dished
finished
nixed
sabotaged
cruelled
defeated
euchred
overwhelmed
did for
put an end to
wreaked havoc on
wrought havoc on
put paid to
blew a hole in
brought to naught
put the kibosh on
put the skids under
sealed the doom of
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
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▲
(
mess with
)
Past tense for to interfere with something, especially unnecessarily or in an underhanded manner
messed
interfered
meddled
intervened
tampered
intermeddled
mucked about
mucked around
encroached on
poked your nose in
stuck your oar in
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
messed with
Verb
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Past tense for to completely disrupt or throw into a state of disorder
played havoc with
disrupted
disordered
disarranged
disorganized
US
disturbed
upset
deranged
unsettled
messed up
threw into disorder
threw into confusion
turned upside down
threw into disarray
interfered with
made a mess of
caused confusion in
caused turmoil in
screwed up
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
fouled up
loused up
made a hash of
upset the applecart
cut short
confused
jumbled
discomposed
muddled
disarrayed
disheveled
US
dishevelled
UK
mussed
rumpled
shuffled
tousled
dislocated
scrambled
rattled one's cage
shook
rattled
messed with
convulsed
discombobulated
threw
psyched out
spoilt
UK
hashed
muddied the waters
mixed up
intruded on
rummaged
mucked up
agitated
broke up
tumbled
stopped
spoiled
US
bollixed
disjointed
thrown into disorder
thrown into confusion
thrown into disarray
thrown a spanner in the works
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
played hob with
interfered
distorted
tampered
got into a tangle
jumbled up
meddled
played the devil
rearranged
shaken
thrown
broken up
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