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put a spoke in someone's wheel

put a spoke in someone's wheel verb: to thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design.

Verb

put a spoke in someone's wheel (third-person singular simple present puts a spoke in someone's wheel, present participle putting a spoke in someone's wheel, simple past and past participle put a spoke in someone's wheel)

  1. To thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design.
    • The original branch was 5¾ miles long, from Llantrisant to Cowbridge only, but in 1889, the T.V.R. [Taff Vale Railway] obtained powers […] to continue the line for 6½ miles south to the coast at Aberthaw, ostensibly for the purpose of serving the important limestone works there, but one suspects...1951 December, T. B. Sands, “Some Railway Byways in the Vale of Glamorgan”, in Railway Magazine, page 838

put a spoke in someone's wheel meaning in Vietnamese

put a spoke in someone's wheel in Vietnamese

to thwart a design
thọc gậy bánh xe

Synonyms of put a spoke in someone's wheel

Forms of put a spoke in someone's wheel

third-person singular presentputs a spoke in someone's wheel
present participleputting a spoke in someone's wheel
past participleput a spoke in someone's wheel
pastput a spoke in someone's wheel
alternative form (obsolete)have a spoke in someone's cart

Questions about put a spoke in someone's wheel

What does put a spoke in someone's wheel mean?
Put a spoke in someone's wheel means to thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design.
What is put a spoke in someone's wheel in Vietnamese?
Put a spoke in someone's wheel in Vietnamese is thọc gậy bánh xe. See Put a spoke in someone's wheel meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is put a spoke in someone's wheel?
Put a spoke in someone's wheel is a verb.
What is the past tense of put a spoke in someone's wheel?
The past tense of put a spoke in someone's wheel is put a spoke in someone's wheel.

Words near put a spoke in someone's wheel in the dictionary

  1. put a shift in
  2. put a slight on
  3. put a slight upon
  4. put a sock in it
  5. put a spanner in the works
  6. put a spoke in someone's wheel
  7. put a stop to
  8. put a stopper to
  9. put about
  10. put across
  11. put ahead

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