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thrown a wrench into the works

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
thrown a wrench in-to the -works
IPA
49
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of throw a wrench into the works

Questions

What does thrown a wrench into the works mean?
past participle of throw a wrench into the works

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