Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

threw a spanner in the works

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
threw a s-pan-ner in the -works
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of throw a spanner in the works

Questions

What does threw a spanner in the works mean?
simple past of throw a spanner in the works

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