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kibosh

[ UK /kˈɪbɒʃ/ ]
VERB
  1. stop from happening or developing
    Halt the process
    Block his election

How To Use kibosh In A Sentence

  • It's Thursday folks, and clearly my "uploading slowly all afternoon" was kiboshed yesterday. Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites
  • Speaking of email glitches, one nearly kiboshed the lovely blurb Ken did for SECOND SHOT. Hero Worship
  • Native groups opposed to the plan hope her opposition will help to finally kibosh the project.
  • In the second place, there is nothing whatever in the connotation of "kibosh" that would prevent it appearing in the pages of your magazine. "I do not enjoy the suggestion that you have a better ear or eye for how I want my words to read than I do."
  • Its plan to let customers use their savings to off-set their mortgage was kiboshed by the government last year.
  • My father, who was never particularly keen on my modelling, would have put the kibosh on me doing it immediately. Times, Sunday Times
  • Though engine trouble threatens to put the kibosh on the adventure, a series of spirited safety exercises do much to boost morale. Times, Sunday Times
  • Though engine trouble threatens to put the kibosh on the adventure, a series of spirited safety exercises do much to boost morale. Times, Sunday Times
  • Only after last week's disastrous performance, in which Cho went for laughs by getting tangled in her costume's gold batwings, this week her partner Louis Van Amstel has asserted himself and put the kibosh on all stabs at humor. 'Dancing with Stars': quick steps, Sarah Palin -- and Great Booing Debate
  • Let me suggest the Hebrew word kavash as a possible origin of the slang word kibosh. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
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