| 释义 |
put the mockers onBritish informal 1Put an end to; thwart: the firm may be putting the mockers on its Sparc-compatible business...- It puts the mockers on things as it was a free festival and the kids were really enjoying it.
- Besides, were she to be momentarily diverted by anything beyond the boundaries of her own, perfect body, her insurers would soon put the mockers on it.
1.1Bring bad luck to: someone has really put the mockers on the team...- ‘I hope you're not putting the mockers on him,’ Kerr uneasily joked.
- The band broke up soon afterwards, some fans claiming she had put the mockers on the whole enterprise.
- He added: ‘I don't want to say I have solved my problems with the track, only to put the mockers on it and have a dud meeting.’
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