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Examples
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We all know the US government put a kabosh to tv advertising on cigerettes and restricted advertising.
'Mad Men': What's Matthew Weiner cooking up for us next? | EW.com 2009
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His retention would, of course, put the kabosh on any rejiggering of Constellation.
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The story I heard was that it was Robert Crippen, not Dan Goldin, who put the kabosh on the NASA worm logo.
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Yes, I felt like a dunce and then had to put the kabosh on that.
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Yeah with a move in date like that it pretty much puts a kabosh on Christmas!
Finding My Christmas Zen: Holiday Cottage Cheese Sugar Cookies Laura 2008
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Or, when multiple lawsuits put the kabosh on the "re-vote."
In New Memo, Obama Camp Effectively Opposes Michigan Revote 2009
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So you may want to put a kabosh on that kind of talk.
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She should be putting the kabosh on this behavior from her brother, if she wishes to demonstrate her purported commitment to ensuring Obama's success in this election.
Hillary Backers In Pennsylvania Meet Privately With Top McCain Adviser 2009
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I thought Obama could get some mileage out of it, but this puts the kabosh to that idea.
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Now that she won't be the nominee, there's no reason to assume that Bill hasn't put the kabosh on that, and is still collecting those checks.
mollusque commented on the word kabosh
Is this the musical term Kabosh? Or a variant of kibosh, which is also spelled kybosh and "kye-bosh".
November 8, 2007