put one's foot down
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put one's foot down (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot down, present participle putting one's foot down, simple past and past participle put one's foot down)
- To insist, demand, or refuse with finality.
- Synonyms: dig in one's heels, pound the table
- I finally put my foot down and demanded to talk to someone in charge.
- (informal, literally) To make a vehicle go faster; accelerate.
- Synonyms: step on it, floor it, put the pedal to the metal
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- See also Thesaurus:obstinacy
Translations[edit]
pound the table — see pound the table
step on it — see step on it