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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 developingplay

  Familiarity information: KIBOSH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KIBOSH (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Stop from happening or developing

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

block; halt; kibosh; stop

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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