lower the boom

(American informal)

to suddenly stop someone doing something you do not approve of Dad lowered the boom. I have to stay in the next two weekends.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Merab (1)	-	Biblical
Fifi	fee-FEE	French
Szabolcs	-	Hungarian
Milana	-	Serbian, Croatian, Czech
Rowina	ro-EE-nə	English (Rare)
Maybelline	-	English (Rare)