stamp on
phrasal verb
stamped on; stamping on; stamps on
1
: to step heavily on (something) with one's foot
She accidentally stamped on my toe.
2
: to end (something) in a forceful way
The city council stamped on any efforts to build a liquor store.
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Multiple celebs have followed suit; Taylor Swift, Meghan Markle, and Katie Holmes have all put their own stamp on the warm-weather staple, too.
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Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
The feel-good mariachi song with positive lyrics really set the tone for Bautista’s new Música Mexicana era — one that’s stamped on 14 tracks that navigate from cumbia to ranchera to norteño.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 14 June 2024
But the industry faced a growing public-relations problem that was especially threatening to beverage companies, whose names were stamped on the packaging: Plastic litter was becoming an eyesore across the country.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 9 June 2024
Goodspeed audiences saw how smartly McLane put her stamp on Rose, finding a motherly heart and soul that lingered through the whole show (whereas Merman was Merman, waiting to uncork a brassy finish).
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
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Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
The feel-good mariachi song with positive lyrics really set the tone for Bautista’s new Música Mexicana era — one that’s stamped on 14 tracks that navigate from cumbia to ranchera to norteño.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 14 June 2024
But the industry faced a growing public-relations problem that was especially threatening to beverage companies, whose names were stamped on the packaging: Plastic litter was becoming an eyesore across the country.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 9 June 2024
Goodspeed audiences saw how smartly McLane put her stamp on Rose, finding a motherly heart and soul that lingered through the whole show (whereas Merman was Merman, waiting to uncork a brassy finish).
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Stamp on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stamp%20on. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024.
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