play havoc

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play havoc (third-person singular simple present plays havoc, present participle playing havoc, simple past and past participle played havoc)

  1. Synonym of wreak havoc
    • 1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 111:
      If so, the individual wealth effects [which, except for the condition that , are essentially unrestricted] can play havoc with the well-behaved but possibly small individual substitution effects.