put one's foot down on

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toput a stop to,suppress; toreject.1934October,George Orwell[pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 21”, inBurmese Days, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, Publishers,→OCLC:'And say it bloody firmly, by God. We want toput our foot down onthis idea once and for all.'1939January 30, “Exit Schacht”, inTime:The last way to get money is to make more of it. Dr. Schacht who had pulled Germany out of the horrors of the 1923 inflation,put his foot down onprinting more money.2016February 18,Free Malaysia Today:Deputy Youth and Sports Minister M Saravananput his foot down ona suggestion mooted yesterday by a Youth Parliament member to legalise the use of marijuana, also known as ganja, in the country.

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