put the cabosh on

put the cabosh on

English

Verb

put the cabosh on

1. Alternative form of put the kibosh on
   • 1988, Jacqueline Cochran, ‎Maryann Bucknum Brinley, ‎Maryann Busknum, Jackie Cochran: An Autobiography, page 332:

     That's when NASA, in the midst of the Mercury space flight program, put the cabosh on our women's astronaut program.

   • 1991, Barbara Siegel, ‎Scott Siegel, Jack Nicholson: The Unauthorized Biography, page 55:

     Nicholson's reputation with the ladies apparently put the cabosh on his affair with Anspach.

   • 1999, Beth Rubin, Washington, page 7:

     As long as an ill-timed freeze hasn't put the cabosh on the blossoms, the sight around the Tidal Basin is breathtaking.

   • 2008, M.L. Lindberg, The Cutting Edge, page 100:

     These two thieves, for the time being anyway, put the “cabosh” on their plans.