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单词 put one's foot down
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put one's foot down

informal
1Adopt a firm policy when faced with opposition or disobedience.‘The key to faking it,’ Johanna, 12, says, is putting your foot down: ‘Refuse to be lured into nervousness!’...
  • Many employers are putting their foot down when it comes to hiring veiled women.
  • I have thought of putting my foot down but I have a sneaking suspicion some of the unruly behaviour is vaguely familiar.
2British Accelerate a motor vehicle by pressing the accelerator pedal.Greg hadn't gotten his seat belt on, when Maxine put her foot down on the accelerator, and peeled out, after Jenny....
  • I put my foot down on the accelerator and sped away from the city.
  • I stared at the crashed car in the rear view mirror until it was out of sight, then I put my foot down on the accelerator.
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