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

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put one's foot down upon.ogg Forms: puts one's foot down upon [present, singular, third-person], putting one's foot down upon [participle, present], put one's foot down upon [participle, past], put one's foot down upon [past], put one's foot down on [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> one's foot down upon}} put one's foot down upon (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot down upon, present participle putting one's foot down upon, simple past and past participle put one's foot down upon)
  1. (idiomatic) To put a stop to, suppress; to reject. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-put_one's_foot_down_upon-en-verb-NnR5z6CB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "put one's foot down upon",
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    },
    {
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    },
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      ]
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      },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        "To put a stop to, suppress; to reject."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "put a stop to",
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        ],
        [
          "suppress",
          "suppress"
        ],
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To put a stop to, suppress; to reject."
      ],
      "tags": [
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    }
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        "singular",
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    },
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put one's foot down upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put one's foot down upon",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "To put a stop to, suppress; to reject."
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          "suppress"
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          "reject"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic) To put a stop to, suppress; to reject."
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