put your foot down

a) INSISTto say very firmly that someone must do something or must stop doing something 果断行事，坚持立场；坚决阻止

You’ll just have to put your foot down and tell him he can’t stay out on school nights.

你一定要态度坚决，告诉他如果第二天要上学，晚上就不能在外面逗留。

b) informalTTC to make a car go faster 踩下油门，加快车速

Examples from the Corpus

put your foot down• We were nearing the camp, so I aimed for the ruts in the track and put my foot down.• You'd better put your foot down before those kids get completely out of control.• Ed was talking about dropping out of school, but Mom and Dad put their foot down.• Later still My silly wee sister has put her feet down and refuses to let me near her Power Pack.• They could have put their foot down and dragged us into court.• Rice, however, put his foot down and made what he called his first policy decision.• I put my feet down carefully.• I put my foot down and the car began to move forward.• She didn't answer, just put her foot down and sent the Cortina faster and faster through the night.• Justice puts its foot down on Oxie.• I wanted to take a year off before college, but my mother put her foot down.

→ put your foot down at foot1(11)

单词	put your foot down
释义	put your foot down put your foot down a) INSISTto say very firmly that someone must do something or must stop doing something 果断行事，坚持立场；坚决阻止 You’ll just have to put your foot down and tell him he can’t stay out on school nights. 你一定要态度坚决，告诉他如果第二天要上学，晚上就不能在外面逗留。 b) informalTTC to make a car go faster 踩下油门，加快车速 Examples from the Corpus put your foot down• We were nearing the camp, so I aimed for the ruts in the track and put my foot down.• You'd better put your foot down before those kids get completely out of control.• Ed was talking about dropping out of school, but Mom and Dad put their foot down.• Later still My silly wee sister has put her feet down and refuses to let me near her Power Pack.• They could have put their foot down and dragged us into court.• Rice, however, put his foot down and made what he called his first policy decision.• I put my feet down carefully.• I put my foot down and the car began to move forward.• She didn't answer, just put her foot down and sent the Cortina faster and faster through the night.• Justice puts its foot down on Oxie.• I wanted to take a year off before college, but my mother put her foot down. → put your foot down at foot1(11)
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