put the cabosh on

A form of put the kibosh on — To halt, stop, or squelch.

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Meanings

verbput the cabosh on (third-person singular simple present puts the cabosh on, present participle putting the cabosh on, simple past and past participle put the cabosh on)

present singular third person puts the cabosh on · participle present putting the cabosh on

  1. alternativeAlternative form of put the kibosh on.

    These two thieves, for the time being anyway, put the “cabosh” on their plans.

    2008, M.L. Lindberg, The Cutting Edge, page 100
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    That's when NASA, in the midst of the Mercury space flight program, put the cabosh on our women's astronaut program.

    1988, Jacqueline Cochran, Maryann Bucknum Brinley, Maryann Busknum, Jackie Cochran: An Autobiography, page 332

    Nicholson's reputation with the ladies apparently put the cabosh on his affair with Anspach.

    1991, Barbara Siegel, Scott Siegel, Jack Nicholson: The Unauthorized Biography, page 55

    As long as an ill-timed freeze hasn't put the cabosh on the blossoms, the sight around the Tidal Basin is breathtaking.

    1999, Beth Rubin, Washington, page 7
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Chicago

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