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put one's foot down on en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To put a stop to, suppress; to reject.
    • Deputy Youth and Sports Minister M Saravanan put his foot down on a suggestion mooted yesterday by a Youth Parliament member to legalise the use of marijuana, also known as ganja, in the country. 2016 February 18, Free Malaysia Today:
    • 'And say it bloody firmly, by God. We want to put our foot down on this idea once and for all.' 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 21”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:
    • The last way to get money is to make more of it. Dr. Schacht who had pulled Germany out of the horrors of the 1923 inflation, put his foot down on printing more money. 1939 January 30, “Exit Schacht”, in Time:

Forms

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putting one's foot down on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put one's foot down upon alternative lexicographic
put one's foot down on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put one's foot down on Tense=Past lexicographic
puts one's foot down on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic