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Kibosh

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1836, OED Evaluation: Slang

to dispose of finally, finish off, do for.

ExampleMeaning
And he's proud of that, he's always been happy. Ah, I wanted to name my daughter Rita, but my wife kiboshed that name for Kristen, which is fine. Ah, so I wanted to give it to them in their names. Their last names are Italian.
To put an end to something
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: That kind of put the kibosh to it in the north. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: Everywhere up here. It was a fairly strong league. There was ah teams in Haileybury. Cobalt had a team. Liskeard had a team. Ah, don't know if the French school had one.
To put an end to something