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in the works
Idioms and Phrases
In preparation, under development. For example, The agent said there was a movie deal in the works , or He assured her that a follow-up campaign was in the works . [Second half of 1900s] Also see in the pipeline .Example Sentences
Yet Trump's tariffs threaten to throw a spanner in the works.
They also can make requests for specific motifs they’d like included in the works, such as their dog gazing out the front window, the oak tree their grandfather planted or the car with the canoe on top parked in the driveway.
Ms Winship told the BBC she had planned to run a half-marathon on Sunday, but her injuries had "thrown a spanner in the works".
The show was in the works for a while, but it arrived at the height of the #MeToo movement.
The exit hall for the attraction will feature concept art for Disneyland attractions in the works.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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