"put the boom down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-put the boom down.wav [US] Forms: puts the boom down [present, singular, third-person], putting the boom down [participle, present], put the boom down [participle, past], put the boom down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the boom down}} put the boom down (third-person singular simple present puts the boom down, present participle putting the boom down, simple past and past participle put the boom down)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) confront a person or problem; lower the boom on. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-put_the_boom_down-en-verb-cH5wBoOM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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