put one's foot down upon

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Verb

put one's foot down upon (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot down upon, present participle putting one's foot down upon, simple past and past participle put one's foot down upon)

1. (idiomatic) To put a stop to, suppress; to reject.

Alternative forms

• put one's foot down on