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nonplus
vs
throw a monkey wrench into
nonplus
noun
A state of bewilderment or perplexity.
verb
To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
throw a monkey wrench into
How often have the words
nonplus
and
throw a monkey wrench into
occurred in a corpus of books?
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Google Ngram Viewer
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