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Meaning of put the tin lid on it | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To be one final unwelcome event that rounds off a series of problems or misfortunes.

Examples

“I got a flat tyre, then the heater broke, and then, just to put the tin lid on it, I ran out of petrol.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

put the toothpaste back in the tube put the wind up put the wood in the hole put the world to rights put through put through the mangle