THROW A MONKEY WRENCH IN / INTO STH

Meaning of THROW A MONKEY WRENCH IN / INTO STH in English

(also throw a ˈwrench in / into sth )

( NAmE , informal ) to do sth to spoil sb's plans

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MONKEY — I Any member of two tropical anthropoid primate groups: New World monkeys. Almost all species are tropical or subtropical, and …
Английский словарь Британика
WRENCH — I. ˈrench verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English wrenchen, from Old English wrencan to twist, wrench; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; or dialect throwed ˈthrōd ; or trun ˈtrən ; thrown ˈthrōn ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONKEY — I. ˈməŋkē, -ki noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably of Low German, Dutch, or Flemish origin; akin to MFlemish Monnekin, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTO — I. |intə, -n.tu̇, -n-(ˌ)tü, +V often -ntəw preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTO — (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be …
Английский словарь Webster
INTO — ( prep. ) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRENCH — — wrencher , n. — wrenchingly , adv. /rench/ , v.t. 1. to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MONKEY — — monkeyish , adj. — monkeyishly , adv. — monkeyishness , n. /mung"kee/ , n. , pl. monkeys , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INTO — /in"tooh/ ; unstressed /in"too, -teuh/ , prep. 1. to the inside of; in toward: He walked into the room. The …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; thrown ˈthrōn ; throw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, throwen to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MONKEY — I. ˈməŋ-kē noun ( plural monkeys ) Etymology: probably of Low German origin; akin to Moneke, name of an ape, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INTO — preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō to Date: before 12th century 1. — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
THROW — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. throw ·noun an effort; a violent sally. 3. throw ·noun a turner's lathe; a …
Webster English vocab
MONKEY — noun any species of quadrumana, except the lemurs. 2. monkey ·noun a small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. 3. …
Webster English vocab
INTO — prep denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words. 2. into ·prep to the inside of; within. it is …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
THROW — [throw] vb threw ; thrown ; throw.ing [ME thrawen, throwen to cause to twist, throw, fr. OE thrawan to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONKEY — [mon.key] n, pl monkeys [prob. of LG origin; akin to Moneke, name of an ape, prob. of Romance origin; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WRENCH — also called Spanner, tool, usually operated by hand, for tightening bolts and nuts. Basically, a wrench consists of a stout …
Britannica English vocabulary
MONKEY — in general, any member of the mammalian order Primates, with the exception of the tree shrews, the lemurs and their …
Britannica English vocabulary
MONKEY — monkey BrE AmE ˈmʌŋk i ▷ monkey|ed d ▷ monkey|ing ɪŋ ▷ monkey|s z ▶ ˈ monkey ˌ business BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WRENCH — / rentʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to pull or twist sth / sb/yourself suddenly and violently …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONKEY — / ˈmʌŋki; NAmE / noun 1. an animal with a long tail, that climbs trees and lives in hot countries. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INTO — / ˈɪntə; NAmE ; before vowels strong form ˈɪntu; strong form ˈɪntuː/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRENCH — I. wrench 1 /rentʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wrencan ] 1 . [transitive always + …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MONKEY — I. mon ‧ key 1 /ˈmʌŋki/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from Low German ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INTO — in ‧ to S1 W1 /ˈɪntə; before vowels ˈɪntʊ; strong ˈɪntuː/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MONKEY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -eys) 1 any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INTO — prep. 1 expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROW — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MONKEY — n. & v. n. (pl. -eys) 1 any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INTO — prep. 1 expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1. propel with some force through the air or in a …
Oxford English vocab
MONKEY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -eys) 1. any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families …
Oxford English vocab
INTO — prep. 1. expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Oxford English vocab
WRENCH — ( wrenches, wrenching, wrenched) 1. If you wrench something that is fixed in a particular position, you pull or twist …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — ( throws, throwing, threw, thrown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONKEY — ( monkeys) 1. A monkey is an animal with a long tail which lives in hot countries and climbs trees. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INTO — Pronounced /ɪntu:/ or /ɪntu:/, particularly before pronouns and for meaning 14. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRENCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Allen wrench box end wrench monkey wrench COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB off ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MONKEY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Arctic Monkeys cheeky devil/monkey etc ▪ You did that on purpose, you cheeky little …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRENCH — [noun] [C]A wrench is a sudden, violent twist or pull.He freed the pole with a wrench.If the act of leaving …
Cambridge English vocab
MONKEY — n. bonnet monkey capuchin monkey colobus monkey howler monkey monkey puzzle tree New World monkey Old World monkey proboscis monkey …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — n. throw away throw back throw down throw in throw off throw out throw over throw up throwing away
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THROW — INDEX: to throw something through the air 1. to throw something 2. to throw a ball in a game 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
WRENCH — n. 25B6; noun she felt a wrench on her shoulders : TUG, pull, jerk, jolt, heave; informal yank. hold the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — n. 25B6; verb she threw the ball back : HURL, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, catapult, project, propel; bowl; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MONKEY — n. 25B6; noun SIMIAN, primate, ape. See list. you little monkey! : See rascal . 25A0; make a monkey (out) …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — v. 1 toss, cast, hurl, fling, sling, pitch, dash, propel, project, shy, bowl, send, launch, Colloq chuck He threw the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MONKEY — [Chinese] Monkey was a yellowed furred animal, with big ears and the power to change into more than 10,000 disguises. …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
WRENCH — A device for removing nuts, bolts, and other fasteners. Also see allen wrench , lug wrench , monkey wrench , …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms

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