throw into disarray
Frequency: 7.511.2 per million words
to cause a state of disorganization or untidiness
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- The sudden announcement threw their plans into disarray.
- An unexpected power outage threw the entire concert into disarray.
- His abrupt departure threatened to throw the team's preparations into disarray.
- The children's playful chaos had thrown the neatly organized room into disarray.
- Such a major policy change will undoubtedly throw the economy into disarray.
- They hoped to throw the enemy's defenses into disarray with a diversionary tactic.
- A misplaced document can quickly throw an entire office's workflow into disarray.
- The latest revelations have thrown the political landscape into disarray.
- Don't let one bad decision throw your entire future into disarray.
- The constant changes in project scope were throwing the development schedule into disarray.