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put a spoke in [sb]'s wheel

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Inglés		Español
put a spoke in [sb]'s wheel v expr	UK, informal, figurative (plan: ruin) (figurado)	poner un palo en la rueda loc verb
	Peter was planning to go away for the weekend, until the boss put a spoke in his wheel by giving him a load of work to get done by Monday morning.

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