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put one's foot down
to be firm about something
Example: I put my foot down and refused.
Arabic: يكون صارما أو مُتَشَدِّدا
Chinese (Simplified): 坚决
Chinese (Traditional): 堅決
Czech: dupnout si
Danish: stå fast
Dutch: beslist optreden
Estonian: (endale) kindlaks jääma
Finnish: pysyä lujana
French: faire acte d'autorité
German: energisch werden
Greek: επιμένω για κτ., πατώ πόδι
Hungarian: sarkára áll
Icelandic: slá í borðið; taka af skarið
Italian: puntare i piedi*
Japanese: 断固とする
Latvian: ieņemt stingru nostāju
Lithuanian: ryžtingai pasielgti, būti tvirtam
Norwegian: slå i bordet, sette seg bestemt imot
Polish: uprzeć się
Portuguese (Brazil): fazer pé firme
Portuguese (Portugal): ser firme
Romanian: a pune piciorul în prag
Russian: занять твёрдую позицию
Slovak: dupnúť si
Slovenian: biti odločen
Spanish: imponerse
Turkish: dayatmak, ayak diremek
See also: football, foothill, foothold, footing, footlight, footman, footmark, footnote, footpath, footprint, footsore, footstep, footwear, follow in someone's footsteps, foot, foot the bill, on foot, put one's foot in it, "put one's foot down" in any language

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