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upset the applecart
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upset the applecart
to cause trouble, especially by spoiling someone's plans. I don't want to upset the applecart now by asking you to change the date for the meeting.

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The new system of rewards for strong performance and tough sanctions for failure was meant to motivate officials to do the difficult work, make the hard choices, upset the applecart.
Misdirected energy: schools get an a in resisting reform by Petrilli, Michael J. / Education Next
The counter-argument that gives me the most trouble is that, having upset the applecart, we have an obligation to stay until we put it back together.
The best bad option by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
While drought presented challenges (interior markets higher than river markets), Katrina "upset the applecart," the official said.
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