kibosh

But whether a listener calls for a boycott of Harbour’s projects or a kibosh on Allen’s music, they’re playing into Allen’s hand.

Barkley seemingly put the kibosh on that notion when he said a pilot TNT taped was “just stupid stuff.”

This may explain how a handful of homeowner groups put the kibosh on a 16-mile above-ground rail line across the west San Fernando Valley back in the early 1990s.

The McConnell minority's ability to put the kibosh on laws was merely a teaser for their most radical and influential strategy.

“I suppose they think they can put a kibosh on it,” she said.