upset the applecart
Example Sentences
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The US central bank is keen not to upset the applecart but seems to have done so anyway.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2017
Bruce had been using comedy to upset the applecart since his days as a teenage sailor during the Second World War.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2015
But just a few minutes later, a House Republican upset the applecart.
From Time Magazine Archive
But George Bush "would not want to do anything or say anything to upset the applecart."
From Time Magazine Archive
Macedonia at a later date upset the applecart.
From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Callwell, C. E. (Charles Edward), Sir
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