stranger

/ˈstreɪndʒər/ noun [C]

Definition

› someone you have never met before: I can't just walk up to a complete stranger and start speaking to them.

be no stranger to sth › to have a lot of experience of something: He's no stranger to hard work himself.

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

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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