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wrench in the works

wrench in the works noun: synonym of spanner in the works.

Noun

wrench in the works (plural wrenches in the works)

  1. (US) Synonym of spanner in the works.
    • Such a big staff, with ludicrously little to do, inevitably began interfering with arrangements made by the army commanders. Its actual efforts at coordination were from the start so many wrenches in the works.1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 72

Synonyms of wrench in the works

Forms of wrench in the works

pluralwrenches in the works

Questions about wrench in the works

What does wrench in the works mean?
Wrench in the works means synonym of spanner in the works.
What part of speech is wrench in the works?
Wrench in the works is a noun.
What is the plural of wrench in the works?
The plural of wrench in the works is wrenches in the works.

Words near wrench in the works in the dictionary

  1. Wrenbury
  2. wrench
  3. wrench fault
  4. wrench hammer
  5. wrench hammers
  6. wrench in the works
  7. wrench react
  8. wrenched
  9. wrencher
  10. wrenchers
  11. wrenches

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