kybosh
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Putting a kybosh on their future equivalents, too.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2016
Steven Fletcher appeared to kybosh his international career by text message in February when he refused a call-up to play for Scotland, after a prolonged brouhaha with manager Craig Levein.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2011
That put the kybosh on one bit, but it didn't 'urt the general scheme not a bit.
From Twelve Stories and a Dream by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
There'll be a dickens of a kybosh if they find we've broken parole, and I don't want you hauled into the beastly thing.
From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Hanshew, Mary E.
"I guess this about puts the kybosh on th' brother business!" he sighed miserably, "an' I sure ain't fit t' be th' Spider's pal, I reckon!"
From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Farnol, Jeffery
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