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put one's foot down upon

put one's foot down upon is the alternative form of put one's foot down on.

Meaning of put one's foot down on

Verb

put one's foot down on (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot down on, present participle putting one's foot down on, simple past and past participle put one's foot down on)

  1. (idiomatic) To put a stop to, suppress; to reject.
    • 'And say it bloody firmly, by God. We want to put our foot down on this idea once and for all.'1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 21”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC

Forms of put one's foot down upon

third-person singular presentputs one's foot down upon
present participleputting one's foot down upon
past participleput one's foot down upon
pastput one's foot down upon

Questions about put one's foot down upon

What is put one's foot down upon the alternative form of?
Put one's foot down upon is the alternative form of put one's foot down on.

Words near put one's foot down upon in the dictionary

  1. put one's finger in the fire
  2. put one's finger on
  3. put one's fist to
  4. put one's foot down
  5. put one's foot down on
  6. put one's foot down upon
  7. put one's foot in it
  8. put one's foot in one's mouth
  9. put one's foot in someone's ass
  10. put one's foot in the door
  11. put one's foot up someone's ass

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