"put a damper on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put a damper on.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts a damper on [present, singular, third-person], putting a damper on [participle, present], put a damper on [participle, past], put a damper on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> a damper on}} put a damper on (third-person singular simple present puts a damper on, present participle putting a damper on, simple past and past participle put a damper on)
  1. (idiomatic) To stop people from enjoying an activity. Tags: idiomatic Hypernyms: spoil Related terms: rock the boat, make waves, wet blanket, killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport, stick in the mud, nonconform
    Sense id: en-put_a_damper_on-en-verb-5-N3xSsm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: rain on somebody's parade, upset the applecart, put a damper on, put a dampener on, burst someone's bubble, piss in someone's cornflakes [vulgar], piss in someone's Cheerios [vulgar], piss on someone's bonfire [vulgar], piss on someone's chips [vulgar], put a damper on, rain on someone's parade, take the wind out of someone's sails, upset the applecart

Inflected forms

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