"put one's foot down on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put one's foot down on.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts one's foot down on [present, singular, third-person], putting one's foot down on [participle, present], put one's foot down on [participle, past], put one's foot down on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> one's foot down on}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: put one's foot down upon
    Sense id: en-put_one's_foot_down_on-en-verb-NnR5z6CB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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