What does kybosh mean?

kybosh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

"The right plan would be to put the complete kybosh (if I may use the expression) on your chances of becoming an alderman."
"Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Gob, that puts the bloody kybosh on it if old sloppy eyes is mucking up the show."

kyboshes (present, singular) kyboshing (participle, present) kyboshed (participle, past) kyboshed (past)

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