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throw a monkey wrench into the works

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables
throw a -mon-key wrench in-to the -works
IPA
63
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of throw a spanner into the works.

Inflected Forms

throws a monkey wrench into the works (present, singular) throwing a monkey wrench into the works (participle, present) threw a monkey wrench into the works (past) thrown a monkey wrench into the works (participle, past)

Synonyms

throw a spanner into the works

Questions

What does throw a monkey wrench into the works mean?
Synonym of throw a spanner into the works.

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