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Definition of "put the kibosh on" []

  • To halt, stop, or squelch. (verb)

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Use "put the kibosh on" in a sentence
  • "Watching her crunch those trout heads and bones with her pretty teeth, I was glad I had put the kibosh on my attack of leg-jealousy."
  • "This week alone I'd been in four fistfights with miscreant Fae, taken out three kobolds, put the kibosh on a touchy-feely gnome, and barely corralled a butt-ugly troll who'd somehow managed to sneak through."
  • "And the meaning of to put the kibosh on is widely understood: “to forbid, with unmistakable conclusiveness.”"