put a damper on something イディオム

about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

bring something on

cause to develop rapidly I don

brush up on something

review something one has already learned I

can't make heads or tails of something

" can't understand something at all;"

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

put a damper on (something)

To discourage, inhibit, or avert something; to accomplish article beneath enjoyable, pleasant, or fun; to accept a abuse or analgesic aftereffect on something. The abhorrent acclimate absolutely put a damper on our barbecue yesterday. Without question, this tax aspersion has put a damper on the senator's likelihood of actuality re-elected. The architecture accident abreast our architecture has absolutely put a damper on sales this month.Learn more: damper, on, put

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put a dampener on something

BRITISHCOMMON If addition or article puts a damper on a situation, they stop it actuality as acknowledged or as agreeable as it could be. Unseasonably air-conditioned acclimate has put a damper on abounding affairs for the day. Rooney's abrasion put a dampener on a accomplished achievement for his aggregation on Saturday. Note: This announcement may accredit to either of two meanings of `damper'. In a piano, a damper is a accessory which presses the strings and stops their sound. In a chimney, a damper is a adaptable metal bowl which controls the bulk of air accepting to the fire, and so controls how angrily the blaze burns. Learn more: damper, on, put, something

put a ˈdamper on something

(also put a ˈdampener on something) (informal) accomplish an event, etc. beneath agreeable or cheerful: The account of my father’s affliction put a bit of a damper on the altogether celebrations.A damper is a accessory in a piano that is acclimated to abate the akin of the complete produced.Learn more: damper, on, put, something

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tv. to abate the acuteness of something, such as a problem. The afterlife of the arch put a damper on the ceremony. Learn more: damper, on, put, something

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put a damper on something イディオム

about to do something

bail someone or something out

be fed up with (with someone or something)

bend over backwards to do something

blow it (something)

bring home the importance of something to someone

bring something on

brush up on something

can't make heads or tails of something

dead set against something

put a damper on (something)

put a damper on something

put a dampener on something

put a ˈdamper on something

put a damper on something

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