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put a damper on
Idioms and Phrases
Discourage, dishearten, deter, as in Grandpa's death put a damper on our Christmas holidays . This idiom employs the noun damper in the sense of “something that damps or depresses the spirits,” a usage dating from the mid-1700s.Example Sentences
The surgery and rehab hardly put a damper on a celebratory three-month offseason for Freeman, whose November included his late-night debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” an appearance as a presenter at the Country Music Awards in Nashville, and an interview with Travis and Jason Kelce on their New Heights podcast.
Next week’s rains will still put a damper on fire danger by wetting vegetation and grass, she said.
Yet Shetty ruefully acknowledges that climate change has put a damper on that last part of his hometown’s legacy.
Light winds, increasing humidity and a chance of rain are forecast to bring relief to the Los Angeles area, helping put a damper on the Franklin fire.
The Betts injury, which came on the same day the Dodgers put pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the 15-day injured list because of a rotator-cuff strain, put a damper on an otherwise successful afternoon for the Dodgers.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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