put the kibosh on

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.

Trump's impending lame duck status was illustrated pretty clearly in the aforementioned pre-holiday crisis when he was more or less out of the loop while his best pal, Elon Musk, put the kibosh on the deal that Johnson had negotiated with the Democrats and all hell broke loose.

On Tuesday, Rogan said that Harris' campaign put the kibosh on certain topics during a potential interview, which led him to decline.

Avlon urgently wants to protect abortion rights, warns about the dangers of Project 2025, and bemoans the fact that Donald Trump put the kibosh on a bipartisan border security bill.