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Lym Nguyen
2021-03-08 03:03
Put a crimp in/on something American informal verb phrase
To affect badly or negatively on something; to prevent (something) from happening
That car accident last winter put a crimp on Aley's Christmas plan because he could not go anywhere with his broken leg.
Rainy weather put a crimp on our picnic and everyone felt uncomfortable due to getting wet.
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If you say you be/come up against a brick wall, you mean that you are unable to go on or change because some obstacles impede you.
1. (Hang up on someone, hang the phone up, hang up the phone) To end a phone or telephone call either in the middle of a conversation or when the conversation is finished.
2. (Of a machine) To stop due to some technical problems.
3. (Hang up on someone or something) To give up on or stop handling someone/something.
4. To impede or become hampered
5. (Hang something up) To place something on a hook or hanger.
6. To say no; to withdraw from something.
7. To feel emotional distress or make one feel so.
To stop or slow something's or someone's activity.
1. If you say that you dial one back, you mean that you call one back.
2. If you say that you dial back something, you mean that you lessen the frequency or intensity of something.
3. If you say that you dial someone back, you mean that you restrain his/her feelings and action.
The verb "put" should be conjugated according to its tense.
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