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
Minerva	[mi'nə:və]
Chiumbo	-	Eastern African, Mwera
MÁXimo	MAHK-see-mo	Spanish
Flavian	-	History
AmÉRico	ah-ME-ree-ko (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Ziba (1)	-	Persian