What is meant by upsetting apple cart?

idiom. to cause trouble, especially by spoiling someones plans. Damaging and spoiling.

What is another way of saying upset?

Some common synonyms of upset are agitate, discompose, disquiet, disturb, fluster, and perturb.

How do you use upset the apple cart in a sentence?

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Whats upsetting the big apple cart?

Upsetting the Apple Cart surveys the history of black-Latino coalitions in New York City from 1959 to 1989. In those years, African American and Latino Progressives organized, mobilized, and transformed neighborhoods, workplaces, university campuses, and representative government in the nations urban capital.

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Meaning of upset the apple cart in English

upset the apple cart

idiom

to cause trouble, especially by spoiling someone's plans

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Damaging and spoiling

adulterate
adulterated
adulteration
alloy
at the expense of someone idiom
at-risk
erode
flaw
foul
foul (something) up
gild the lily idiom
gloss
gnaw
rampage
ravage
ravages
ruin
scourge
sour
wreck

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(Definition of upset the apple cart from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of upset the apple cart

in Chinese (Traditional)

製造麻煩, （尤指）打亂計劃…

in Chinese (Simplified)

制造麻烦, （尤指）打乱计划…

in Spanish

echarlo todo a rodar…

in Portuguese

estragar tudo…

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tout chambouler…

berbat etmek, bir çuval inciri berbat etmek…

obrátit vše naruby…

stikke kæp i hjulet…

mengacaukan…

ทำให้เสียแผน…

làm đảo lộn…

narobić bigosu, pokrzyżować plany…

jadi kucar kacir…

alles über den Haufen werfen…

velte planene, stikke kjepper i hjulene…

вставляти палиці в колеса…

mandare tutto all’aria, rompere le uova nel paniere…

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What is meant by upsetting apple cart?

idiom. to cause trouble, especially by spoiling someone's plans. Damaging and spoiling.

What is another way of saying upset?

Some common synonyms of upset are agitate, discompose, disquiet, disturb, fluster, and perturb.

How do you use upset the apple cart in a sentence?

Examples of 'upset the apple cart' in a sentence.

Some people still think you could upset the apple cart there. ... .

I knew I could come here and upset the apple cart..

What's upsetting the big apple cart?

Upsetting the Apple Cart surveys the history of black-Latino coalitions in New York City from 1959 to 1989. In those years, African American and Latino Progressives organized, mobilized, and transformed neighborhoods, workplaces, university campuses, and representative government in the nation's urban capital.