gum up
Upper Intermediate (B2) informal
To block or mess up a machine or plan so that it can't work properly — like when sticky stuff gets into a machine.
"The old oil had dried out and completely gummed up the engine's moving parts."
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timeline which will gum up the works and create
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affiliates as they seek to gum up the works
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Picking Your Nose Is Cool | The Basement Yard #549
The Basement Yard · 11:27
that would that would mess up the gum up the works, so to say.
Picking Your Nose Is Cool | The Basement Yard #549
The Basement Yard · 11:27
that would that would mess up the gum up the works, so to say.