put a spoke in someone's wheel

English

Verb

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To thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design.
Synonyms: fix someone's flint, settle someone's hash

Translations

to thwart a design — see also throw a spanner in the works

Czech: házet klacky pod nohy (cs)
Danish: sætte en kæp i hjulet (da)
Dutch: stokken in de wielen steken (nl)
German: einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen
Vietnamese: thọc gậy bánh xe
Welsh: torri ar chwarae rhywun (cy) (literally “to cut someone's play”)

See also

Further reading

“put a spoke in wheel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“put a spoke in wheel”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“put a spoke in wheel” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
“put a spoke in someone's wheel”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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