een spaak in het wiel steken

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Literally, “to stick a spoke/boom in the wheel”.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ən ˈspaːk ɪn ɦɛt ˌʋil ˌsteː.kə(n)/, /ən ˈspaːk ɪn (ɦ)ət ˌʋil ˌsteː.kə(n)/
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Verb

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een spaak in het wiel steken

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to throw a spanner in the works, to throw a wrench into the works

Inflection

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