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kibosh

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ki⋅bosh

  [kahy-bosh, ki-bosh]
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–noun Informal.
1. nonsense.
—Idiom
2. put the kibosh on, to put an end to; squelch; check: Another such injury may put the kibosh on her athletic career.
Origin:
1830–40; of obscure orig.
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ki·bosh   (kī'bŏsh', kī-bŏsh')   
n.   Informal
A checking or restraining element: had to put the kibosh on a poorly conceived plan.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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kibosh

see put the kibosh on.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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