Usually means: End or halt something abruptly.
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  1. put the kibosh on: Merriam-Webster
  2. put the kibosh on: Collins English Dictionary
  3. put the kibosh on: Wiktionary
  4. put the kibosh on: Dictionary.com

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  1. put the kibosh on: Idioms

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  1. put the kibosh on (something): English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (put the kibosh on)

▸ verb:  (slang, transitive) To halt, stop, or squelch.

Similar:
put the kybosh on, put on the kibosh, put the cabosh on, kibosh, kibbosh, put down, squelch, kybosh, put a stop to, suppress, more...

Opposite:
approve, allow, permit, authorize, sanction

Phrases:
to put the kibosh on, put the kibosh on something, more...

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Similar:
put the kybosh on, put on the kibosh, put the cabosh on, kibosh, kibbosh, put down, squelch, kybosh, put a stop to, suppress, more...

Opposite:
approve, allow, permit, authorize, sanction

Phrases:
to put the kibosh on, put the kibosh on something, more...



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