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单词 to put the lid on
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to put the lid on
e. In various slang or colloquial phrases with down, off, on, esp. to put the lid on, to bring to a close or climax; to conceal or ‘clamp down on’.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to
astintc700
stathea1200
atstuntc1220
to put an end toa1300
to set end ofa1300
batec1300
stanch1338
stinta1350
to put awayc1350
arrestc1374
finisha1375
terminec1390
achievea1393
cease1393
removec1405
terminate?a1425
stop1426
surceasec1435
resta1450
discontinue1474
adetermine1483
blina1500
stay1525
abrogatea1529
suppressa1538
to set in or at stay1538
to make stay of1572
depart1579
check1581
intercept1581
to give a stop toa1586
dirempt1587
date1589
period1595
astayc1600
nip1600
to break off1607
snape1631
sist1635
to make (a) stop of1638
supersede1643
assopiatea1649
periodizea1657
unbusya1657
to put a stop to1679
to give the holla to1681
to run down1697
cessate1701
end1737
to choke off1818
stopper1821
punctuate1825
to put a stopper on1828
to take off ——1845
still1850
to put the lid on1873
on the fritz1900
to close down1903
to put the fritz on something1910
to put the bee on1918
switch1921
to blow the whistle on1934
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)]
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abatec1300
finec1300
endc1305
finisha1375
definec1384
terminec1390
achievea1393
out-enda1400
terminate?a1425
conclude1430
close1439
to bring adowna1450
terma1475
adetermine1483
determine1483
to knit up1530
do1549
parclose1558
to shut up1575
expire1578
date1589
to close up1592
period1595
includea1616
apostrophate1622
to wind off1650
periodizea1657
dismiss1698
to wind up1740
to put the lid on1873
to put the tin hat on something1900
to wash up1925
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > remain in hiding
lurkc1300
to hide one's headc1475
mitch1558
nestle1567
to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578
to lay low1600
skulk1626
squat1658
to lie by1709
hide1872
to hole up1875
to lie low1880
to lie (also play) doggo1882
to hide out1884
to put the lid on1966
1915 Literary Digest 4 Sept. 467/1 In fact, excepting the ordinary saloons,..the ‘lid’ is down, secure and tight.
1964 J. P. Clark Three Plays 13 I hope he keeps The lid down on his wife for I fear She is fretting already.
1873 M. F. Mahony Chron. Fermors I. xii. 225 What wonder if the lid was constantly getting off her temper.1904 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 12 Sept. 16 Commissioner of Police McAdoo..has taken frequent occasions to deny that the ‘lid’ was off, to use the slang definition of a lax police administration.1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 96 ‘Playing with the lid off back there, ain't they?’ The sheriff's nod indicated the distant faro-table.1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 218 I'll back that opinion with the lid off.1926 A. Huxley Let. 14 Nov. (1969) 276 Then a vast book by the Italian Sociologist Vilfredo Pareto, very good..he really does take the lid off and show you the works.1927 R. A. Freeman Certain Dr. Thorndyke ii. xviii. 272 ‘My eye,’ exclaimed Miller... ‘This puts the lid on it—or rather takes the lid off.’1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) ii. 17 A few jubilant days when the lid was off following Liberation.1962 Which? May 160 (heading) 14 cars with the lid off.1968 Listener 19 Dec. 819/2 Are you the Editor of the Sunday Blast, the paper that ‘rips the lid off’?1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 4 Sept. 5/3 Inevitably when the lid blows off and riots and bloodshed and vandalism begin, the courts will be called on to do something effective about it.1974 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Other Story ii. 15 What will happen, I ask myself, when the police take the lid off? What..will be the resulting smell?1909 Punch 30 June 452/2 Your astonishing letter puts the lid on it.1914 ‘High Jinks, Jr.’ Choice Slang 14 Lid (to put on), to put the lid on a town means to close the saloons, gambling houses and all other resorts except summer resorts.1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 77 Tarleton... Young man: youre a fool; but youve just put the lid on this job in a masterly manner.1914 H. A. Vachell Quinneys' ii. xx. 288 ‘Blackmail!’ gasped Quinney. ‘I prefer to call it a weapon, sir, which you are forcing me, sorely against my will, to use.’ ‘This puts the lid on.’1919 Punch 28 May 430/2 Miss Stevenson..is outside whistling for me, so I must put the lid on. Yours, Alec.1922 C. Sidgwick Victorian ix. 69 ‘That puts the lid on,’ said Jane... ‘You've done for yourself now.’1928 T. Gann Discov. Central Amer. xii. 168 Then came the earthquake, which must fairly have put the lid on, as far as Uk was concerned.1928 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 286 Inland, in the isolation, the lid is on, and the intense watchful malice of neighbours is infinitely worse than any police system.1930 J. Buchan Castle Gay xiv. 216 You can see for yourself how that would put the lid on it.1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 6 Aug. (1970) 410 Liz came in with a harried look, wanting to know what she could tell the press. She needed to ‘put the lid on’ if Luci had departed.1974 Times 6 Feb. 19/4 (heading) Putting the lid on distributors' profits.
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