putting the kibosh on
phrase
as in halting
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end Remembered the time the police quickly put the kibosh on the wild party. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- halting
- laying off
- cutting off
- shutting off
- giving over
- breaking off
- cutting out
- leaving off
- ending
- breaking up
- knocking off
- dropping
- having done with
- packing (up or in)
- breaking
- desisting (from)
- ceasing
- blocking
- holding back
- detaining
- discontinuing
- destroying
- arresting
- turning back
- canning
- killing
- scuttling
- quitting
- demolishing
- clamping down
- closing (down)
- finishing
- completing
- delaying
- suppressing
- reining (in)
- kiboshing
- holding
- concluding
- checking
- deactivating
- stemming
- impeding
- stamping
- obstructing
- suspending
- hindering
- blockading
- damming
- pausing
- dissolving
- suspending
- staying
- ruining
- abolishing
- braking
- calling
- stunting
- squelching
- squashing
- annulling
- aborting
- snuffing
- stanching
- staunching
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- keeping up
- continuing
- running on
- proceeding
- carrying on
- following through (with)
- advancing
- progressing
- stirring
- driving
- actuating
- propelling
- impelling
- counter-educational
- counter-effort
- counter-efforts
- counter-evidence
- counter-fire
- counter-force
- counter-forces
- counter-government
- counter-governments
- counter-hypotheses
- counter-hypothesis
- counter-image
- counter-images
- counter-incentive
- counter-incentives
- counter-inflation
- counter-inflationary
- counter-influence
- counter-influences
- counter-instance
- counter-instances
- counter-institution
- counter-institutions
- counter-interpretation
- counter-interpretations