put the mockers on

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put the mockers on something (British informal)

to spoil something or to prevent it happening Carol's parents decided to stay in on Saturday night, which put the mockers on her plans for a party.

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I won't put the mockers on us after last year, but all I can say is that there is a huge amount of talent there in that Aussie team. Wallabies are facing physical challenge, says Blues coach Millard by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) I DON'T want to put the mockers on the recent Land Girls TV programme, but if this was to be the beginning of the war the makers want to portray things as they were. Land Girls failings; YourSay by Birmingham Mail (England) Gerrard proved his character at Deepdale to put the mockers on the knockers who predicted he would wilt under the strain of the past seven days. UNAFFRAYED; In association with COMMERCIAL VEHICLES Brilliant Gerrard ... by The Mirror (London, England)			put some distance between put some teeth into put teeth into Put that in your pipe and smoke it! put the arm on put the bite on put the blame on put the boot in put the brakes on put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the chill on put the clamps on put the clock back put the fear of God in put the fear of God into put the feed bag on put the finger on Put the flags out! put the frighteners on put the heat on put the kibosh on put the knife in put the lid on put the make on put the mockers on put the pedal to the metal put the record straight put the roses in cheeks put the screws on put the seal on put the skids on put the skids under put the squeeze on put thinking cap on put through put through hell put through paces put through the mill put through the wringer put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to death put to rest put to shame put to sleep put to the test put to use put together put too fine a point on put toward			put the flag out put the flag out Put the flags out Put the flags out Put the flags out Put the flags out Put the flags out Put the flags out! put the freeze on put the freeze on someone put the frighteners on put the hard word on put the hard word on someone put the heat on put the into put the into put the into put the into put the into put the kibosh on put the knife in put the kybosh on put the lid on put the lid on put the lid on put the lid on put the lid on it put the lid on it put the lid on it put the make on put the mockers on put the moves on put the moves on put the moves on put the moves on put the nose-bag on put the pedal to the metal Put the Pipe Down put the record straight put the record straight put the record straight put the record straight put the record straight put the roses in cheeks put the screws on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids under put the squeeze on put the stopper on put the stopper on put the stopper on

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