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
Gillespie	-	Scottish
Alston	['ɔ:lstən]
Valentine (1)	VAL-ən-tien	English
Yevgeni	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
SamİR	-	Azerbaijani
Vitale	-	Italian