Usually means: Insist firmly on a decision.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word put one's foot down:

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  1. put one's foot down: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. put one's foot down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. put one's foot down, put one's foot down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. put one's foot down: Wiktionary
  5. put one's foot down, put ones_foot_down: Dictionary.com

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  1. put one's foot down: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (put one's foot down)

verb:  To insist, demand, or refuse with finality.
verb:  (informal, literally) To make a vehicle go faster; accelerate.

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