lower the boom

[lower the boom] {v. phr.}, {informal} To punish strictly; check or stop fully.

* /The mayor lowered the boom on outside jobs for city firemen./

* /Father lowered the boom on the girls for staying out after midnight./

Syn.: CRACK DOWN.

* /The police lowered the boom on open gambling./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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