to put the stopper on

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• put a (or the) stopper on — informal prevent. → stopper …   English new terms dictionary

• put a stopper on — put a (or the) stopper on informal prevent from happening or continuing …   Useful english dictionary

• stopper — 1. noun /ˈstɒp.ə,ˈstɔp.ə,ˈstɑ.pɚ/ a) Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something. Put a stopper in the knot. b) A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling. We need a stopper or the boat will sink …   Wiktionary

• stopper — noun 1》 a plug for sealing a hole, especially in the neck of a bottle. 2》 (in soccer or American football) a player whose function is to block attacks on goal from the middle of the field.     ↘Baseball a pitcher who prevents opponents from… …   English new terms dictionary

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• stopper — UK [ˈstɒpə(r)] / US [ˈstɑpər] noun [countable] Word forms stopper : singular stopper plural stoppers an object put into the top of a bottle to stop the liquid from coming out Derived word: stopper UK / US verb transitive Word forms stopper :… …   English dictionary

• Sceptics (The) — The sceptics Michael Frede INTRODUCTION When we speak of ‘scepticism’ and of ‘sceptics’, we primarily think of a philosophical position according to which nothing is known for certain, or even nothing can be known for certain. There are certain… …   History of philosophy

• stopper — stop|per [ˈstɔpə US ˈsta:pər] n ↑bottle, ↑stopper the thing that you put in the top part of a bottle to close it →↑cork >stopper v [T] ▪ a small, stoppered jar …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stopper — noun (C) the thing that you put in the top part of a bottle to close it stopper verb (T) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stopper — stop|per [ stapər ] noun count an object put into the top of a bottle to stop the liquid from coming out ╾ stop|per verb transitive …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English