put a spoke in someone's wheel

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.

   Synonyms: fix someone's flint, settle someone's hash

• throw a spanner in the works
• throw a wrench in the works

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