put the cabosh on

English

Verb

put the cabosh on (third-person singular simple present puts the cabosh on, present participle putting the cabosh on, simple past and past participle put the cabosh on)

1. Alternative form of put the kibosh on
   • 1988, Jacqueline Cochran, Maryann Bucknum Brinley, Maryann Busknum, Jackie Cochran: An Autobiography, page 332:

     That's when NASA, in the midst of the Mercury space flight program, put the cabosh on our women's astronaut program.

   • 1991, Barbara Siegel, Scott Siegel, Jack Nicholson: The Unauthorized Biography, page 55:

     Nicholson's reputation with the ladies apparently put the cabosh on his affair with Anspach.

   • 1999, Beth Rubin, Washington, page 7:

     As long as an ill-timed freeze hasn't put the cabosh on the blossoms, the sight around the Tidal Basin is breathtaking.

   • 2008, M.L. Lindberg, The Cutting Edge, page 100:

     These two thieves, for the time being anyway, put the “cabosh” on their plans.