kibosh

Example Sentences

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But whether a listener calls for a boycott of Harbour’s projects or a kibosh on Allen’s music, they’re playing into Allen’s hand.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025

But so far ministers have been bullish, regarding pretty much all of these amendments as ultimately trying to kibosh their entire plan.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

All these factors, taken together, should be enough to put the kibosh on dreams of a society-transforming intergenerational wealth transfer.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

His former associates, however, have other ideas; and when Samir is forced to put the kibosh on one of them, his only remaining option is to flee.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024

And when he put the kibosh on the whole thing, we were the ones who got yelled at, not Caroline.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman