1. Too bad Lieutenant Reece put the kibosh on us.

2. 6 The manager wanted to put the kibosh on the transaction.

3. 5 Another such injury may put the kibosh on his athletic career.

4. 4 Another such injury will put the kibosh on his athletic career.

5. 3 I'm afraid that bad weather will pat the kibosh on our holiday plan.

6. 2 The rain certainly put the kibosh on our plans for a picnic.

7. And believe your me, you're not the first expansion-ados I've put the kibosh on.

8. 8 I'm afraid that the sudden rainfall has put the kibosh on our picnic.

9. 7 The collapse of the junk-bond market has put the kibosh on a management buy-out of Wickes, an engineering and home-furnishings company.