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Definition of kibosh in English: kibosh(also kybosh) noun ˈkʌɪbɒʃˈkaɪˌbɑʃ in phrase put the kibosh oninformal Put an end to; dispose of decisively. 〈非正式〉终止；阻止；除掉 he put the kibosh on the deal 他阻止了这笔交易。 Example sentencesExamples - The city council nearly put the kybosh on the appearance by objecting to the original plan - a midnight appearance - because of safety concerns.
- Assuming he puts the kibosh on that request, I need some backup plans for infiltrating the ice cream store.
- This puts the kybosh on any claims that quality has radically improved in the past couple of years.
- Unfortunately, the snow's put the kybosh on most of the festival fun planned for Saturday.
- It was only after King George III put the kibosh on the pipeline project that things changed.
- But the shortage of ammunition, which allowed the game birds to grow in number, put the kibosh on shooting almost entirely, and the birds multiplied in comparative peace.
- Were you ever with a guy in a relationship with somebody so obsessed with something that you had to kind of put the kibosh on either the guy or that thing?
- You can also take the capsules, but the liquid puts the kybosh on the appetite, pronto.
- Fortunately, Congress came to their senses and put the kybosh on the whole sordid affair.
- Tim has a history of failed romances, generally because his meddling mom puts the kybosh on things.
Synonyms put a stop to, check, curb, stop, halt, bring to an end, put an end to, nip in the bud, quash, block, cancel, scotch, thwart, frustrate, prevent, quell, suppress informal squelch, put paid to, scupper, spike, stymie
OriginMid 19th century: of unknown origin. Definition of kibosh in US English: kiboshnounˈkaɪˌbɑʃˈkīˌbäSH in phrase put the kibosh oninformal Put an end to; dispose of decisively. 〈非正式〉终止；阻止；除掉 he put the kibosh on the deal 他阻止了这笔交易。 Example sentencesExamples - It was only after King George III put the kibosh on the pipeline project that things changed.
- Assuming he puts the kibosh on that request, I need some backup plans for infiltrating the ice cream store.
- The city council nearly put the kybosh on the appearance by objecting to the original plan - a midnight appearance - because of safety concerns.
- Fortunately, Congress came to their senses and put the kybosh on the whole sordid affair.
- Tim has a history of failed romances, generally because his meddling mom puts the kybosh on things.
- This puts the kybosh on any claims that quality has radically improved in the past couple of years.
- But the shortage of ammunition, which allowed the game birds to grow in number, put the kibosh on shooting almost entirely, and the birds multiplied in comparative peace.
- You can also take the capsules, but the liquid puts the kybosh on the appetite, pronto.
- Unfortunately, the snow's put the kybosh on most of the festival fun planned for Saturday.
- Were you ever with a guy in a relationship with somebody so obsessed with something that you had to kind of put the kibosh on either the guy or that thing?
Synonyms put a stop to, check, curb, stop, halt, bring to an end, put an end to, nip in the bud, quash, block, cancel, scotch, thwart, frustrate, prevent, quell, suppress
verbˈkaɪˌbɑʃˈkīˌbäSH [with object]informal Decisively end or reject (something) the presence of a submarine would kibosh the operation fortunately, the proposal was kiboshed
OriginMid 19th century: of unknown origin. |