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What is another word for
thrown a spanner in the works
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(
of plans made
)
Past participle for to prevent or sabotage
Past participle for to cause to fail
(
mess with
)
Past participle for to interfere with something, especially unnecessarily or in an underhanded manner
Verb
▲
(
of plans made
)
Past participle for to prevent or sabotage
destroyed
prevented
foiled
sabotaged
stymied
thwarted
disrupted
frustrated
subdued
suppressed
put an end to
put a stop to
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
hindered
obstructed
hampered
impeded
restrained
inhibited
cramped
trammeled
trammelled
curbed
interfered with
handicapped
checked
encumbered
blocked
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clogged
restricted
upset
retarded
held up
held back
fettered
hamstrung
hamstringed
baulked
UK
cumbered
balked
US
set back
stopped
crippled
hobbled
baffled
hog-tied
slowed down
delayed
shackled
crimped
put the kibosh on
embarrassed
barred
handcuffed
short-circuited
hung up
shut off
shut down
tied up
constrained
slowed
manacled
screwed up
scuppered
stalled
opposed
fouled up
messed up
gotten in the way
cramped one's style
put paid to
put back
upset the applecart
gotten in the way of
cut off
stood in the way of
scotched
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
defeated
arrested
detained
disturbed
halted
bridled
derailed
braked
interrupted
loused up
made a mess of
played havoc with
deterred
choked
borked
crabbed
intermitted
interfered
choked off
closed off
kept back
subverted
smashed
queered
undermined
disordered
neutralized
US
disarranged
disorganized
botched
confused
neutralised
UK
snookered
put at risk
decelerated
beat
repressed
done for
deranged
forestalled
postponed
shaken
curtailed
unsettled
mucked up
discomfited
stayed
prohibited
rattled
confined
remitted
deferred
tied
debarred
sandbagged
fazed
shelved
stonewalled
inconvenienced
slowed up
thrown into confusion
put on hold
put off
caused turmoil in
thrown into disarray
put a spoke in someone's wheel
brought to screeching halt
backed off
thrown into disorder
taken down
turned upside down
bounden
put on back burner
cut short
let up
bound
bogged down
caused confusion in
put on brakes
shut out
entangled
put the mockers on
given a hard time
slackened
lessened
mired
stifled
bogged
limited
ruined
smothered
wrecked
shattered
devastated
marred
dammed
frozen
reduced
averted
straitened
demolished
interdicted
caught
impaired
disconcerted
saddled with
chained
injured
netted
ensnared
captured
enmeshed
forbidden
crushed
outlawed
snagged
protracted
withholden
withheld
paused
tethered
enjoined
harmed
bottlenecked
circumvented
warded
hemmed in
stemmed the flow of
reined in
kept in
held in
held down
annihilated
muzzled
burdened
prorogued
broken
discontinued
toppled
contravened
counteracted
thrown a spoke in the wheel of
resisted
boxed in
countered
warded off
staved off
holden
held
made late
prolonged
stove off
held over
held off on
blown
dashed
affected
beaten
suspended
quashed
overthrown
tampered
influenced
vitiated
decimated
razed
obliterated
outwitted
discommoded
conflicted
jammed
incommoded
troubled
wracked
disappointed
nullified
checkmated
nobbled
unbuilt
eradicated
squelched
impoverished
crazed
skinned
undone
bilked
disempowered
rooted
traversed
jumbled
thrown a monkey wrench in the works
given the slip
nipped in the bud
thrown monkey wrench in
halted in its tracks
discomposed
muddled
disarrayed
disheveled
US
dishevelled
UK
mussed
brought down
rumpled
blown a hole in
shuffled
destabilized
US
brought to naught
tousled
dislocated
scrambled
leashed
weighed down
dragged your feet
debilitated
tied one's hands
disjointed
hashed
canceled out
cancelled out
attenuated
demoralized
US
rendered ineffective
tumbled
ballsed up
rummaged
agitated
worked against
sapped
emasculated
thrown
rained on someone's parade
convulsed
queered the pitch of
dragged through the mud
softened
clipped one's wings
poked full of holes
destabilised
UK
challenged
demoralised
UK
discombobulated
bollixed
intruded on
broken up
rattled one's cage
psyched out
muddied the waters
mixed up
made a hash of
puzzled
mystified
confounded
stumped
nonplussed
flummoxed
held off
dead-ended
hung fire
cornered
given the run around
thrown a monkey wrench into
pigeonholed
forbid
forbade
threw a spanner in the works
controlled
contained
regulated
tamed
governed
kept
pulled in
precluded
measured
put the brakes on
bottled up
cut back
moderated
kept in check
ruled
constricted
corked
shut in
headed off
kept lid on
got in the way
put half nelson on
avoided
choked back
stemmed
fought back
ruled out
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
kept a tight rein on
defended against
banned
delimited
capped
got in the way of
quieted
disallowed
tied down
kept under control
excluded
set
obviated
kept a lid on
put at a disadvantage
intercepted
put a limit on
kept the lid on
forfended
circumscribed
diminished
cut down
tempered
swallowed
proscribed
muffled
disadvantaged
pegged
denied
decreased
gagged
evaded
froze
circumnavigated
estopped
skirted
sidestepped
fended off
steered clear of
corked up
kept within bounds
brake
buttoned up
quelled
calmed
cooled
weakened
staunched
cut
reined
terminated
fixed
fixt
throttled
discouraged
ceased
setted limits on
imposed limits on
refused
obscured
modulated
vetoed
stunted
stilled
interned
overturned
put on ice
put straitjacket on
damped down
entrammeled
entrammelled
put out of commission
dissuaded from
kept waiting
barricaded
simmered down
stultified
closed out
occluded
closed
deflected
negated
placed at a disadvantage
embargoed
put the stopper on
quit
blocked up
blockaded
clogged up
offset
bitten back
bit back
congested
jammed up
stopped up
bunged up
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
annulled
cooled off
gave a hard time
criminalized
US
tabooed
plugged up
put a damper on
locked up
poured cold water on
kept down
put the brakes on
put down
shut up
put the lid on
hit the brakes
put a crimp in
put in an unfavourable position
let down flaps
made illegal
criminalised
UK
put a restriction on
shut out of
placed an embargo on
retardated
composed
took down
retained
devitalized
settled
mastered
adjusted
monitored
deflated
collected
silenced
mitigated
tranquilized
US
soothed
lulled
rallied
recovered
inspected
screened
overloaded
sidelined
complicated
shook
repulsed
rebuffed
depressed
damped
demarcated
censored
managed
laid off
strangled
tied someone's hands
sidetracked
shortened
plugged
trimmed
caused to stay
caused to wait
disciplined
truncated
charged
oppressed
bothered
straitjacketed
escaped
bypassed
bounded
eased
abridged
abbreviated
slackened pace
sealed
caulked
kept in line
shrunk
indisposed
diverted
excepted
blackballed
eliminated
contracted
hid
petered out
stood off
disqualified
suffocated
docked
refused to pay
relieved
monkeyed with
clipped
clipt
tranquillised
UK
brought to a standstill
filled
blocked out
closed up
filled up
ostracized
US
rejected
slashed
incarcerated
imprisoned
concealed
made difficult
downsized
constipated
cropped
ostracised
UK
exiled
abated
packed
stanched
lagged
choked up
played for time
confronted
lopped
lopt
demarked
specified
prescribed
stuffed
chopped
wronged
elided
quitted
clotted
juked
ditched
crashed
cooled down
delimitated
girdled
defined
loitered
qualified
reefed
embogged
procrastinated
bunged
blocked off
syncopated
boxed up
kept feeling inside oneself
covered up
kept secret
bucked
jailed
US
locked in
offsetted
immured
shotgunned
concussed
necessitated
gaoled
UK
fenced in
closed in
deprived
cooped up
banjaxed
retrenched
strangulated
anticipated
staved
stove
kept tight rein on
hushed
shushed
quietened
squashed
iced
did for
licked
conquered
overcome
turned off
picked off
made it impracticable for
made impossible
made it impossible for
stoppered
bottled
minified
gained control over
gained mastery over
treated harshly
held in check
placed a limit on
threw cold water on
thrown cold water on
counted out
prevented from making progress
gave the run around
pared down
lost speed
made impracticable
rolled back
gummed up
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
dummied up
zinged
dashed one's hope
forefended
tightened up
treated unfavourably
dried up
inflicted a handicap on
got bogged down
boiled down
marked off
immobilised
UK
rendered null and void
clamped down on
reined back
cracked down on
spiked
treated unfairly
toned down
re-collected
lay off
gotten out of
got out of
hidden
shrank
shrunken
took out
gave disadvantage
given disadvantage
taken out
threw monkey wrench in
overrode
overridden
taken wind out of
took wind out of
tongue-tied
overcame
froze out
frozen out
anchored it
threw a spoke in the wheel of
drawn the line on
drew the line on
taken out of play
took out of play
threw a monkey wrench into
broke off
broken off
done a disservice to
did a disservice to
gave a disadvantage to
given a disadvantage to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past participle for to cause to fail
sunk
sunken
destroyed
ruined
wrecked
blasted
blighted
dashed
demolished
devastated
scotched
scuppered
shattered
smashed
torpedoed
banjaxed
dished
finished
nixed
sabotaged
cruelled
defeated
euchred
overwhelmed
done for
put an end to
wreaked havoc on
wrought havoc
put paid to
blown a hole in
brought to naught
put the kibosh on
put the skids under
sealed the doom of
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
put the lid on
put a stop to
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
marred
undone
crushed
disrupted
frustrated
ended
queered
quashed
prevented
quelled
stymied
done in
played havoc with
made a hash of
messed up
made a mess of
brought to an end
fouled up
screwed up
loused up
put a damper on
damaged
injured
impaired
disfigured
annihilated
trashed
scarred
tainted
stained
afflicted
nullified
decayed
glitched up
blown
undid
blew a hole in
did in
threw a spanner in the works
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
hurt
vitiated
harmed
defiled
blemished
tarnished
poisoned
debased
corrupted
defaced
compromised
polluted
ravaged
undermined
contaminated
upset
sullied
crippled
endamaged
dirtied
flawed
soiled
fouled
infected
totalled
totaled
desecrated
blotted
befouled
crabbed
crossed up
bloodied
degraded
besmirched
adulterated
weakened
broke
broken
brake
deteriorated
desolated
mangled
wasted
razed
perverted
vandalized
US
depraved
smirched
touched
despoiled
darkened
maimed
decimated
warped
vandalised
UK
subverted
deformed
disfeatured
overturned
distorted
withered
wrought havoc on
pulverized
US
nuked
did for
corroded
spread to
thwarted
spread among
mucked up
wiped out
pulverised
UK
alloyed
disabled
foiled
hindered
put out of action
put out of commission
cheapened
rotted
blackened
prejudiced
uglified
debauched
gutted
festered
mutilated
profaned
jeopardized
US
disintegrated
vaporized
US
lessened
wound
wounded
blew
botched
ruinated
scratched
roughed up
clouded
laid waste
vaporised
UK
jeopardised
UK
sapped
discolored
US
discoloured
UK
rubbed out
pulled down
brought down
brought to ruin
laid in ruins
diminished
decomposed
putrefied
debilitated
impeded
influenced
burst
smeared
bruised
perished
reduced to nothing
threatened
demeaned
worsened
shrivelled
UK
shriveled
US
moldered
US
enfeebled
enervated
reduced
mullered
molded
US
dinged
tweaked
destabilized
US
muddied
invalidated
cracked
violated
mouldered
UK
disgraced
degenerated
overshadowed
dishonoured
UK
dishonored
US
radioactivated
dented
knocked
curdled
wracked
dismantled
impoverished
made useless
battered
extinguished
ravished
turned
tarred
scorched
bodged
busted
mortified
made impure
sank
dilapidated
wreaked havoc with
split
made unattractive
sphacelated
run through
made filthy
put at risk
mildewed
smashed up
cast gloom over
ballsed up
cast a slur
necrotized
cast a pall over
made ugly
destabilised
UK
levelled
UK
leveled
US
caused detriment to
moulded
UK
upset the applecart
cast a shadow over
broke down
cast a gloom upon
cost
creamed
shook up
shaken up
negated
cancelled out
neutralized
US
canceled out
rendered ineffective
pillaged
wore away
worn away
plundered
affected
sacked
torn down
tore down
depredated
checked
baulked
UK
spoliated
troubled
baffled
diluted
devalued
overcome
impacted
circumvented
blunted
struck
begrimed
plagued
stigmatized
US
popped
exploded
balked
US
endangered
neutralised
UK
perturbed
decreased
discredited
branded
abased
disappointed
blitzed
squashed
imperilled
UK
imperiled
US
devaluated
confounded
disqualified
unfitted
obliterated
shamed
occurred
prevailed
lowered
depreciated
crumbled
bilked
littered
devitalized
incapacitated
depressed
bastardized
US
bent
bended
detracted
rattled
made of no use or value
toxified
infested
splashed
besmeared
disfashioned
impinged
tagged
toppled
diseased
lost strength
inconvenienced
shocked
prevailed over
impinged upon
impacted on
mucked
smudged
gaumed
bemired
daubed
grimed
spattered
distained
mired
prostituted
overthrown
overthrew
flattened
tumbled
destructed
struck down
struck at
demoralized
US
stigmatised
UK
contorted
misshaped
dampened
lacerated
scathed
abused
wronged
burnt
maltreated
teared
gnawed
rusted
burned
interfered with
doctored
spiked
detracted from
ran through
coloured
UK
soured
colored
US
scourged
chilled
attacked
brought to nought
bleached
stabbed
faded
depleted
spotted
messed
exerted influence on
had an impact on
had an effect on
did damage to
done damage to
tampered with
banged up
suppurated
broke up
broken up
dragged through the mud
sickened
demoralised
UK
cankered
bastardised
UK
left desolate
cleaned out
went bad
blotted your copybook
felled
grown moldy
left in ruins
played merry hell with
brought a note of sadness to
made dirty
grew moldy
gone bad
laid waste to
caused the loss of
costed
knocked down
leaded to the end of
wreaked havoc upon
gone off
shriveled up
watered down
went off
caused the sacrifice of
resulted in damage to
brought to nothing
resulted in harm to
chastised
brought about the downfall of
enveloped in gloom
chastened
broken down
reduced to rubble
cooked someone's goose
become contaminated
overcame
stricken
brast
bursten
blew up
blown up
taken apart
took apart
stricken down
took out
taken out
gnawn
torn
tore
gnew
took hold of
taken hold of
did harm to
done harm to
became contaminated
gave a bad name
given a bad name
thrown a monkey wrench into
threw a monkey wrench into
wrote off
written off
drove a nail into the coffin of
driven a nail into the coffin of
smote
smit
smited
fell
smitten
took the pleasure out of
took the enjoyment out of
taken the pleasure out of
taken the enjoyment out of
took the fun out of
taken the fun out of
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
mess with
)
Past participle 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
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
messed with
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