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putting one's foot down on

putting one's foot down on is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about putting one's foot down on

What is putting one's foot down on the present participle and gerund of?
Putting one's foot down on is the present participle and gerund of put one's foot down on.

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

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

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