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Meanings of put a stopper in English

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Usage of put a stopper in English
1
It'll put a stopper on his preaching, this pesks exercisin' his ideas.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
2
Couldn't we contrive somehow to put a stopper on his tormentin' purpensities?
For Treasure Bound
3
Braun grasped the truth at last, and put a stopper on his reflections.
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
4
However, young gentlemen, I must put a stopper on my jaw-tackle just now.
Marmaduke Merry: A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days
5
But you put a stopper on that-andyou were right.
The Law-Breakers and Other Stories
6
Then Emmeline just put a stopper on the affair.
Chronicles of Avonlea
7
You have put a stopper on all of us, you're the person to fill the gap.
The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories
8
He must put a stopper on this project.
Overland: A Novel
9
We're only too glad we turned up in time to put a stopper on their fiendish tricks.
Jack Haydon's Quest
10
I'll soon put a stopper on him.
The Postmaster's Daughter
11
Before we could put a stopper on him, he had killed Campeau and Jennings, and wounded the herders.
A Texas Ranger
12
The girl is beside herself with fear of something happening that would put a stopper on the Wajo expedition.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
13
I suppose you imagine that you've put a stopper on a certain little affair by surreptitiously destroying letters entrusted to you.
A Damsel in Distress
14
Still, though I succeeded in keeping the men quiet, I felt it was hard work to put a stopper on my own impatience.
When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great ...
15
He put a stopper in the drain opening, filled the bowl with cold water, ducked his head in it, kept that up for several moments.
Nightfall
16
They were much hampered by an old member who tried to put a stopper upon any measure on the set ground that it was "un-con-sti-tu-tional."
The Lincoln Story Book / A Judicious Collection of the Best Stor...
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