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put the tin lid on it

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.
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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

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