put the kibosh on

Definitions

To halt, stop, or squelch.

slang, transitive

Examples

“Someone really needs to go put⟳ the kibosh on that noisy party.”

“("Hoo-roa," ejaculates a pot-boy in a parenthesis, "put⟳ the kye-bosh on her, Mary.")”

“For Belgium put⟳ the kibosh on the Kaiser; / Europe took the stick⟳ and made him sore; / On his throne it hurts to sit⟳, / And when John Bull starts to hit, / He will never sit⟳ upon it any more.”

“I'm not sure how it became a trope to call⟳ second albums "sophomore." But if Olivia Rodrigo's debut, Sour, hadn't become⟳ one of the biggest releases of 2021, winning her a Grammy for best new artist and putting the kibosh on her post⟳–high school plans, the 20-year-old might be a literal sophomore now.”

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