cog in the machine
1cog in the machine — A person who does an unimportant job in a large company or organisation is a cog in the machine …
2cog in the machine — If you say that someone is a cog in the machine, you mean that, while they are necessary, they only play a small part in an organization or plan. The police quickly realized that the suspect was just a cog in the machine …
3cog in the machine — you are not important but only a small part of a large organization The employees felt like they were only cogs in a machine so the atmosphere at the company was not very good …
4(a) cog in the machine — one part of a large system or organization. He was just a small cog in the large wheel of organised crime. This warehouse is an important cog in our distribution machine …
5(a) cog in the machine — a cog in the maˈchine/ˈwheel idiom (informal) a person who is a small part of a large organization Main entry: ↑cogidiom …
6cog — [kɔg US ka:g] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: From a Scandinavian language] 1.) a wheel with small bits sticking out around the edge that fit together with the bits of another wheel as they turn around in a machine 2.) one of the small bits that… …
7(a) cog in the wheel — one part of a large system or organization. He was just a small cog in the large wheel of organised crime. This warehouse is an important cog in our distribution machine …
8machine — noun 1 piece of equipment ADJECTIVE ▪ giant, great, huge, large, powerful ▪ portable ▪ automated, automatic …
9cog — noun (C) 1 a wheel with small bits sticking out around the edge, that fit together with the bits of another wheel as they turn around in a machine 2 one of the small bits that stick out on a cog 3 a cog in the machine/wheel someone who is not… …
10cog — 1. noun /kɒɡ,kɑɡ/ a) A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull. As the Kynge was in his cog and lay in his caban, he felle in a slumberyng […]. b) A …
