Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throwing a spanner in the works

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing a s-pan-ner in the -works
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw a spanner in the works

Questions

What does throwing a spanner in the works mean?
present participle and gerund of throw a spanner in the works

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