Put Your Foot Down - English Idiom

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No, Charlie! Don't do it!
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I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it.
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No, please! Don't do it!
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There.
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I've put my foot down.
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Oh, I can't believe! You've put your foot down.
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TO PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN means to use your  authority to stop something from happening.
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So, for example you might stop your teenagers  
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from going on a trip because they  haven't behaved in the proper way.
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Sorry, I'm putting your foot down.
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