fixing someone's flint

A form of fix someone's flint — Synonym of put a spoke in someone's wheel (“to thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design”).

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fix someone's flint
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fixing someone's flint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixing%20someone's%20flint

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