hitch

hitch

VERB
move (something) into a different position with a jerk:
"she hitched the blanket around him" · "he hitched his pants up"
SIMILAR:
pull
jerk
hike
lift
raise
INFORMAL
travel by hitchhiking:
"they hitched to Birmingham"
SIMILAR:
hitchhike
fasten or tether with a rope:
"he returned to where he had hitched his horse"
SIMILAR:
harness
yoke
couple
fasten
connect
attach
tie

NOUN
a temporary interruption or problem:

"everything went without a hitch"

SIMILAR:
problem
difficulty
issue
snag
setback
catch
hindrance

a knot used for fastening a rope to another rope or something else.
INFORMAL
an act of hitchhiking.
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German
NOUN
Hitch
Anhaengevorrichtung

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Mark Meadows throws a hitch in Trump's "declassifying" documents narrative

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What does the phrase: ''Let's throw a little wrench in his plans'' mean?

I've found this phrase in a game or movie. Don't remember now. What does it mean? Is it some kind of idiom?

This answer can be found in several online dictionaries. The short answer is that it is an expression for spoiling a plan; in Commonwealth English people may be more familiar with throwing a spanner in the works as opposed to a [monkey] wrench. –

Basically the same (literally) as "sabotage", except with a wrench (spanner) instead of a wooden shoe ( sabo). –


The expression is most likely a variation of the idiom

to put/throw a spanner in the works

It describes the act of sabotaging or hindering a plan or project. The origin is rather obvious in this case if you think about, for example, throwing a wrench (AE) or spanner (BrE) into the spokes of a turning wheel.


"Works", meaning the specialized machinery at a factory - so, "teeth of a cog" is probably a more accurate image than, "spokes of a wheel". –

Thanks, you are of course right. My example is more appropriate for the idiom "to put a spoke in sb's wheel", which has a similar meaning. –

Also see 'throw sand in the gears' -- same cogs/spokes, I think, as mentioned by

The origin is "throw a monkey wrench into", see
Sand im Getriebe
einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen