Don't put the kibosh on me.
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Kibosh
//ˈkaɪˌbɒʃ//
Synonyms for "kibosh" (57 found)
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Related words (28)
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Translations
8 translations across 4 languages.
Dutch
3 entries- beteugeling noun (something which checks or restrains)
- controle noun (something which checks or restrains)
- rem noun (something which checks or restrains)
French
1 entries- holà noun (something which checks or restrains)
Macedonian
2 entries- пре́кине verb (to decisively put a stop to or terminate (someone or something))
- пре́сече verb (to decisively put a stop to or terminate (someone or something))
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prèsjeći verb (to decisively put a stop to or terminate (someone or something))
- прѐсјећи verb (to decisively put a stop to or terminate (someone or something))
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Tom put the kibosh on the idea.
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She put the kibosh on that.
Source: tatoeba (6587923)
Oh, fiddlesticks. It's raining heavily now. That's put the kibosh on our plans for this afternoon.
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