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put the kybosh on

put the kybosh 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 kybosh on

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

Questions about put the kybosh on

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

Words near put the kybosh on in the dictionary

  1. put the hammer down
  2. put the heart across one
  3. put the heat on
  4. put the herd on someone
  5. put the kibosh on
  6. put the kybosh on
  7. put the last hand to
  8. put the lid on
  9. put the lie to
  10. put the make on
  11. put the miller's eye out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: put the kybosh 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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