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KIBOSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kibosh mean?
• KIBOSH (verb)
The verb KIBOSH has 1 sense:
1. stop from happening or developing
Familiarity information: KIBOSH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stop from happening or developing
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
Context example:
Halt the process
Hypernyms (to "kibosh" is one way to...):
forbid; foreclose; forestall; preclude; prevent (keep from happening or arising; make impossible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kibosh"):
embargo (prevent commerce)
stay (stop a judicial process)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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