put a spoke in sb's wheel
informalto make it difficult for someone to achieve something they had planned to do:
His letter really put a spoke in our wheel.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Discouraging and putting off
- aversive
- cold
- daunt
- daunting
- deter
- deterrence
- discourage
- discouragement
- dishearten
- disincentive
- emasculate
- pour/throw cold water on sth idiom
- put
- spoil
- spoil sb's party idiom
- take the wind out of sb's sails idiom
- throw
- throw cold water on sth idiom
- wind 1
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