- Put your foot down
- When someone puts their foot down, they make a firm stand and establish their authority on an issue.
Dictionary of English idioms . He Heba Abdelraheim Alkady . 2014.
Put your foot down
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put (your) foot down — 1. to tell someone in a strong way that they must do something or that they must stop doing something. You can t just let him do what he wants, you ll have to put your foot down. When Anna came home drunk one afternoon I decided it was time to… … New idioms dictionary
put your foot down — When someone puts their foot down, they make a firm stand and establish their authority on an issue … The small dictionary of idiomes
put your foot down — 1) to refuse very firmly to do or accept something Things can t carry on like this; you ll have to put your foot down. 2) British to drive much faster I got onto the motorway and really put my foot down … English dictionary
put your foot down — When someone puts their foot down, they make a firm stand and establish their authority on an issue. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
put your foot down — … Useful english dictionary
put your feet up — phrase to sit down and relax, especially with your feet raised off the ground Thesaurus: to rest, relax or do nothingsynonym to sit or lie downhyponym to waste time, or to pass time doing unimportant thingssynonym Main entry: foot * * … Useful english dictionary
stamp your foot — phrase to put your foot down hard and noisily on the ground because you are angry He stamped his foot angrily. Thesaurus: to make a communicative soundhyponym Main entry: stamp … Useful english dictionary
stamp your foot — to put your foot down hard and noisily on the ground because you are angry He stamped his foot angrily … English dictionary
put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… … Dictionary of contemporary English
put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
