"put the boom down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-put the boom down.wav 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. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: fly off the handle, hit the roof, lose one's marbles, lose one's temper
    Sense id: en-put_the_boom_down-en-verb-0YY4LWTn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) to be really angry. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-put_the_boom_down-en-verb-Wwzm5WZ6
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          "ref": "2012 January 16, “Mary/Annie”, in Hoarders, season 5, episode 3, archived from the original on 2022-06-14:",
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        "(idiomatic, intransitive) confront a person or problem; lower the boom."
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          "word": "lose one's marbles"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "word": "lose one's temper"
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      "word": "fly off the handle"
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    {
      "word": "hit the roof"
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      "word": "lose one's marbles"
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