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put one's foot down

verb as in decree

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declare
dictate
enact
impose
proclaim

Strong matches

announce
command
compel
constrain
decide
demand
determine
force
oblige
ordain
prescribe
pronounce
require
rule
set

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lay down the law
read the riot act

verb as in dispose

Strongest matches

adapt
incline
predispose
tempt

Weak matches

call the tune
lay down the law
make willing
methodize
put to rights
read the riot act
ride herd on
set in order

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Standing in the bare stone hall, and surveying a staircase of superb breadth, but cracked and carpetless, she further ventured the opinion that there were rats, as large as terriers at home, and that if one put one's foot down with any force one would come through the floor.

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