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
Zhou	-	Chinese
Esmeralda	es-me-RAHL-dah (Spanish), esh-mə-RAL-də (Portuguese), ez-mə-RAHL-də (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, English, Literature
BÁRa	-	Czech
Sommer	['sʌmə]
Calixto	-	Spanish, Portuguese
Sigdag	-	Ancient Germanic