chief

/tʃiːf/ noun [C]

Definition

GROUP LEADER › the leader of a group of people: tribal chiefs

ORGANIZATION › a person who controls other people in an organization: police chiefs

(Definition of chief noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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