kibosh

Example Sentences

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“If the rainfall amounts work out as we’re expecting, this would be a great help to really put a kibosh, so to speak, on the fire season,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Barkley seemingly put the kibosh on that notion when he said a pilot TNT taped was “just stupid stuff.”

From Los Angeles Times

This may explain how a handful of homeowner groups put the kibosh on a 16-mile above-ground rail line across the west San Fernando Valley back in the early 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times

The McConnell minority's ability to put the kibosh on laws was merely a teaser for their most radical and influential strategy.

From Salon