put one's foot down

Take a firm stand, as in She put her foot down and said we could not go to the carnival. This idiom alludes to setting down one's foot firmly, representing a firm position. [Late 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jehoshaphat	ji-HAHSH-ə-fat (English), jee-HAHSH-ə-fat (English)	Biblical
Stevenson	['sti:vnsn]
Yasamin	-	Persian
SÉAmus	SHAY-mus	Irish
Vulferam	-	Ancient Germanic
Eleonore	e-le-o-NO-rə	German