throw a monkey wrench in the works (English, verb)
expansion: throw a monkey wrench in the works (third-person singular simple present throws a monkey wrench in the works, present participle throwing a monkey wrench in the works, simple past threw a monkey wrench in the works, past participle thrown a monkey wrench in the works)
Senses:
glosses: Synonym of throw a spanner in the works.
tags: US
idiomatic
Forms:
form: throws a monkey wrench in the works
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: throwing a monkey wrench in the works
tags: participle
present
form: threw a monkey wrench in the works
tags: past
form: thrown a monkey wrench in the works
tags: participle
past
form: throw a wrench into the works
tags: alternative