put one's foot down upon

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put one's foot down upon (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot down upon, present participle putting one's foot down upon, simple past and past participle put one's foot down upon)

1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of put one's foot down on.
   • 1883 May 2, Hansard:

     Mr. Warton said, he was delighted that the President of the Board of Trade had put his foot down upon the insane scheme of those self-constituted humbugs called Chambers of Commerce.