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puts one's foot down on

puts one's foot down on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Puts one's foot down on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's foot down on.

Words near puts one's foot down on in the dictionary

  1. puts one's feet up
  2. puts one's finger in a hole
  3. puts one's finger in the dyke
  4. puts one's finger on
  5. puts one's fist to
  6. puts one's foot down on
  7. puts one's foot down upon
  8. puts one's foot in it
  9. puts one's foot in one's mouth
  10. puts one's foot in someone's ass
  11. puts one's foot up someone's ass

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