The difference between Foil and Put the kibosh on

When used as verbs, foil means to prevent (something) from being accomplished, whereas put the kibosh on means to halt, stop, or squelch.


Foil is also noun with the meaning: a very thin sheet of metal.

check bellow for the other definitions of Foil and Put the kibosh on

  1. Foil as a noun:

    A very thin sheet of metal.

  2. Foil as a noun (uncountable):

    Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.

  3. Foil as a noun:

    A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.

  4. Foil as a noun (authorship, figuratively):

    In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.

  5. Foil as a noun (figuratively):

    Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.

  6. Foil as a noun (fencing):

    A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip

  7. Foil as a noun:

    A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.

  8. Foil as a noun (heraldiccharge):

    A stylized flower or leaf.

  9. Foil as a noun:

    A hydrofoil.

  10. Foil as a noun:

    An aerofoil/airfoil.

  1. Foil as a verb:

    To prevent (something) from being accomplished.

  2. Foil as a verb:

    To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

  3. Foil as a verb:

    To blunt; to dull; to spoil.

    Examples:

    "to foil the scent in hunting"

    "rfquotek Addison"

  4. Foil as a verb (obsolete):

    To tread underfoot; to trample.

  1. Foil as a noun:

    Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  2. Foil as a noun:

    One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.

  1. Foil as a noun (hunting):

    The track of an animal.

  1. Foil as a verb (mathematics):

    To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.

  1. Foil as a verb (obsolete):

    To defile; to soil.

  1. Put the kibosh on as a verb (idiomatic):

    To halt, stop, or squelch.

    Examples:

    "Someone really needs to go put the kibosh on that noisy party."

    "Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser."