row

/rəʊ/ noun

Definition

LINE [C] › a straight line of people or things: a row of chairs/houses My students sit at desks in rows for most of the time.

SEATS [C] › a line of seats: to sit on the back/front row Isn't that Sophie sitting in the row behind us?

in a row › one after another without a break: He's just won the tournament for the fifth year in a row. → See also death row

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

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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