Usually means: Disrupt the established order significantly.
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  1. upset the apple cart: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. upset the apple cart: Merriam-Webster
  3. upset the apple cart: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. upset the apple cart: Dictionary.com
  5. upset the apple cart: Wiktionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. upset the apple cart: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (Upset the apple cart)

verb:  Alternative form of upset the applecart [(idiomatic) To disorganize or spoil something, especially an established arrangement or plan.]

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