put the lid on

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put the lid on something (British old-fashioned)

if something that happens puts the lid on a plan, it causes the plan to fail When James resigned that put the lid on the whole project.

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When Ulysses heard this he put the lid on the chest and made it fast with a bond that Circe had taught him. The Odyssey by Homer View in context More results

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