put one's foot down

[put one's foot down] {v. phr.}, {informal} To take a decided stand; be stubborn in decision.

* /John didn't want to practice his piano lesson, but his teacher put his foot down./

* /When it came to smoking pot at parties, our parents put their foot down./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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