Put the skids on


Bring to a halt, as in The school committee put the skids on the idea of a dress code. The word skid here probably refers to a shoe or drag that applies pressure to the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from moving.

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  • Put the slug on someone

    verb phrase

  • Put the snatch on

    verb phrase To take or commandeer; seize; kidnap: The Treasury Department is going to put the snatch on virtually the entire 40 grand (1940s+)

  • Put the spurs to someone

    verb phrase To urge and goad; prod; goose: had een criti of the Pentagon and had ”put the spurs to us from time to time” (1898+)

  • Put the squeeze on someone

    verb phrase To put under heavy pressure or exigency; LEAN ON someone, PUT THE HEAT ON someone: She hired me to put the squeeze on Linda for a divorce (1941+)

  • Put the wood to someone

    verb phrase To punish; coerce by threat of punishment: Why can’t Mayor Barry put the wood to school administrators and demand more caring than this? (1970s+)


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