put the kibosh on

Definition

To halt, stop, or squelch.

Etymology

See kibosh.

Example Sentences

• "Someone really needs to go put the kibosh on that noisy party."
• "("Hoo-roa," ejaculates a pot-boy in a parenthesis, "put the kye-bosh on her, Mary.")"
• "For Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser; / Europe took the stick and made him sore; / On his throne it hurts to sit, / And when John Bull starts to hit, / He will never sit upon it any more."