lower the boom

Paris is about to lower the boom on dog owners.

"I have the feeling this is the year he lowers the boom."

"Let's get to the point where he lowered the boom."

I didn't lower the boom on him right away.

Don't be surprised if you hate the person who lowered the boom.

The crew lowered the booms out of the way just in time.

"Everything going fine, and somebody lowers the boom on you.

The pressure is on the cops, too, and they're trying their best to lower the boom on us.

Any kind of warning that if we tried again, this presence, or whatever it is, would lower the boom?"

A weakening economy plus rising costs has lowered the boom on a great many other people too.

In the crucial later stages of the campaign and during the voting, however, they lowered the boom.

After two years of this research and reflection, the archdiocese finally lowered the boom.

Then she lowered the boom: "Nobody cares about models anymore."

The trick will be for us to bail out before they lower the boom on us.

"I get to run 40 yards, get up a full head of steam and lower the boom on somebody," he said.

"Then we lower the boom on him," Phule said grimly.

They waited for him to lower the boom.

Their eyes had been upon Avery all along, though, and it was obvious they were waiting for him to lower the boom on them as well.

No wonder Hartley had lowered the boom on her!

"You want me to finally lower the boom?

I walked away quickly, wanting to put as much distance between us as possible before they lowered the boom on me, one way or another.

The publicity will give him the excuse he wants to lower the boom on us officially, something he's apparently been afraid to do so far."

You spotted the double-cross and lowered the boom, just like that."

In one particular instance, when Bubba comes home drunk after several beers, she really lowers the boom on him.