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put one's foot down

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]
See also: down, foot, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Deloradə-LAWR-əEnglish
Malia-Hawaiian
Or-Hebrew
Sagit-Hebrew
Driver['draivə]
Haris (2)-Greek
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