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upset the apple cart en · VERB
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of upset the applecart.
“At this point, we’ve got a couple days’ good grace with the market — but we need a winner fairly soon or it’s going to upset the apple cart,” said Ryan Detrick, the chief market strategist at LPL Financial.
2020 November 4, “Stocks Rally as Wall St. Sees Silver Lining in Divided Government”, in New York Times:As, it may be cheaper to ultimately build the solution yourself, and not have to deal with any of the business combination or cultural integration issues of a merger or acquisition. Proceed only with caution here, to not upset the apple cart.
2013, George Deeb, 101 Startup Lessons: An Entrepreneur's Handbook, →ISBN, page 10:Might upset the apple cart if you go off on a hunt for your ex.
2015, Percival Constantine, Curse of the Necronomicon:
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