I love that word kibosh, reminds me so much of Joe Davola. From Wordnik.com. [Filmstalker: No more movies for Madonna] Reference
Just today I realized that you pronounce 'kibosh' like 'KYE-bosh.'. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
And it took us only one day to put the "kibosh" on that particular scheme. From Wordnik.com. [Two Thousand Stiffs] Reference
She said, "Oh, don't tell them that, because you know that will put the 'kibosh' on it, and kill the whole thing.". From Wordnik.com. [The British Empire Exhibition, A Study in Geography, Resources, and Citizenship of the British Empire] Reference
And all the time I was praying that the kid wouldn't wake up, come down out of the cab, and put the "kibosh" on me. From Wordnik.com. [Hoboes That Pass in the Night] Reference
A writ, or a subpoena, or an alibi, or whatever was necessary to put the "kibosh" on McNamara, so public excitement grew. From Wordnik.com. [The Spoilers] Reference
Jon was the one who ended up putting the kibosh on it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2009] Reference
Did her publisher, Crown, put the kibosh on that title?. From Wordnik.com. [From Stage to Page, Broadway Gypsy] Reference
They might have thought this might put the kibosh on it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2001] Reference
She just put the kibosh on the whole thing for all of us. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2006] Reference
GRACE: Well, that kind of puts the kibosh on a plea deal~!. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2005] Reference
Did his vow of celibacy put the kibosh on her wedding vows?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 6, 2005] Reference
But then company bigwigs put the kibosh on future research. From Wordnik.com. ['Splice': Your Results May Vary (And Be Scary)] Reference
See if a new Fed hike will put the kibosh on the housing boom. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2005] Reference
Hasn't this resurgence in fighting put the kibosh on all this?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2004] Reference
It ain't soap-board slop about "Quiet" will put the clear kibosh on. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891] Reference
Stern ` s lawyers have managed to put the kibosh on the whole thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2007] Reference
For eight years, the guy puts the kibosh on all that stem cell research. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2009] Reference
He says Spielberg loved it and that it was Lucas who put the kibosh on it. From Wordnik.com. [Indiana Jones and the Cult of the Lost Script: Vanity Fair] Reference
She offered to adopt her baby, but Cindy apparently put the kibosh on this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009] Reference
And that is basically going to put the kibosh on Kobe Bryant going forward. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2003] Reference
But this Classick kerriculum's kibosh, Greek plays, Latin verse and all that. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 26, 1891] Reference
Trouble in Copenhagen as developing nations put the kibosh on climate change. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2009] Reference
Yes, although being served with a restraining order sort of put the kibosh on that. From Wordnik.com. [elfpvke Diary Entry] Reference
Danny counted to himself — one, two, three, four — the kibosh on a hothead play. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Nowhere]
But luckily, he forgot to put the kibosh on this one: What are you reading these days?. From Wordnik.com. [The Rake’s Progress Giving Up The Ghost] Reference
But BP's deadly oil-and-methane spill in the Gulf of Mexico put a kibosh on that plan. From Wordnik.com. [Subhankar Banerjee: Shell's 'Let's Go' Ad in HuffPo: Why We Mustn't Allow Shell to Go... to America's Arctic Seas] Reference
This thick blanket of fog moved in three days ago and put the kibosh on holiday travel. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2006] Reference
When Dan died just before Christmas, that put the kibosh on the annual Christmas party. From Wordnik.com. [Only a Memory Away] Reference
You know, the Obama administration put the kibosh on that whole thing a few months ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Barbershop Is Abuzz With News From Arizona] Reference
"We'll give the Princeton bunch a cheer that will put the kibosh on them for to-morrow.". From Wordnik.com. [Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery] Reference
(Todd said McCain had to scramble to find a candidate when Lieberman was given the kibosh.). From Wordnik.com. [CBS: John McCain Says Sarah Palin is His Soul Mate: Adrienne Gaffney] Reference
Hyla, does this seem like a very dramatic public showing to put the kibosh on all the rumors?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2009] Reference
We also learn the jail has put the kibosh on Casey Anthony attending her daughter ` s funeral. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2008] Reference
But, of course, the big storm this weekend kind of put the kibosh on that, and bags backed up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2007] Reference
Although, this morning, I've got to tell you, rising oil prices and the Bin Laden tape may put the kibosh (ph) on this rally we've seen. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2004] Reference
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