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put the cabosh on

put the cabosh on is the alternative form of put the kibosh on.

Meaning of put the kibosh on

Verb

put the kibosh on (third-person singular simple present puts the kibosh on, present participle putting the kibosh on, simple past and past participle put the kibosh on)

  1. (slang, transitive) To halt, stop, or squelch.
    • Someone really needs to go put the kibosh on that noisy party.

Forms of put the cabosh on

third-person singular presentputs the cabosh on
present participleputting the cabosh on
past participleput the cabosh on
pastput the cabosh on

Questions about put the cabosh on

What is put the cabosh on the alternative form of?
Put the cabosh on is the alternative form of put the kibosh on.

Words near put the cabosh on in the dictionary

  1. put the bite on
  2. put the blame on
  3. put the boot in
  4. put the bottom rail on top
  5. put the brakes on
  6. put the cabosh on
  7. put the cart before the horse
  8. put the case
  9. put the cat among the pigeons
  10. put the change on someone
  11. put the clock back

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Adapted from Wiktionary: put the cabosh on (page history and authors); put the kibosh on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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